Word: dungarvan
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...longer the Angry Young Man who wrote Room at the Top, Britain's John Braine here dabbles in religious sensibility. At 30, Vincent Dungarvan is still a mother's boy, a virginal Irish schoolmaster who likes music, poetry, teaching and, best of all, to keep safely within his ivory tower and dream, "a pleasure that couldn't commit him, couldn't puzzle him, couldn't humiliate him." Vincent's Mom, who keeps his house and conscience for him, wants him to embrace the priestly life. A green-eyed Protestant offers him something better...
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