The stories collected here demonstrates the richness of the short story tradition in Ireland from the end of the last century to the period following the Second

Introduction by Russell Banks. The legendary book about writing by the legendary writer is back! Frank O’Connor was one of the twentieth century’s greatest

Frank O'Connor's enormous literary success is all the more remarkable given that he was born and brought up in the slums of Cork, his childhood marked by povert

Jackie faces his first confession with great trepidation following a warning lecture from his obnoxious, older sister.

The first two volumes of O'Connor's autobiography. AN ONLY CHILD is the entrancing story of an Irish childhood and a youthful involvement in the Irish rebellion