At the centre of this novel is a 14-year-old boy on the threshold of experiences which are to take away both his innocence and his trust. The author's other published titles include The Song of the Nightingale, The Muted Swan and Running to Paradise....
Long before its publication , James Joyce`s " Ulysses" was the cause of scandal. It was to be denounced as obscene, and its publication in Britain and the United States prevented. Controversy surrounded it throughout Joyce`s lifetime, and he claim...
'...the most important book to be published in Ireland in the past 10 years.' Irish Independent The State's industrial schools were a 'Gulag' or prison system for children. The regimes were universally harsh. Punishment was cruel and excessive. The c...