Life
1910-92; [William John Francis Naughton; Bill Naughton]; b. 12 June, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo; raised in Lancashire; novels incl. Rafe Granite (1947); One Small Boy (1957); Alfie (1966); Alfie Darling (1970); short stories incl. Late Night in Watling Street (1957); The Goalkeeper’s Revenge and Spit Nolan (1974); Bees have Stopped Working (1976); plays incl. Spring and Port Wine (1964); June Evening (1966); Alfie (1963); All in Good Time (1963); He was Gone When We Got There, musical (1966); Annie and Fanny (1967); Lightedhearted Intercourse (1971). Guild Awards and Prix Italia; d. 9 Jan., Isle of Man. DIW
References
Belfast Public Library holds Priest’s Boy (n.d.).
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