Famous quote by Frank McCourt

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"He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn't work. He came for three weeks, and drank his way all over Brooklyn. And went back... I went to his funeral in Belfast"

- Frank McCourt

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This quote is written / told by Frank McCourt somewhere between August 19, 1930 and today. He/she was a famous Author from Ireland. The author also have 20 other quotes.

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