Last Irish Question - Will Six Into Twenty-Six Ever Go?

A view of the south of Ireland - political, social, geographical - through the eyes of a liberal northern protestant being asked to rejoin it.

About the author

Glen Patterson was born in Belfast in 1961 and studied for a Creative Writing MA at UEA, taught by Malcolm Bradbury. He is author of five novels. His first, Burning Your Own (1988), won a Betty Trask Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Glen Patterson has been Writer in Residence at the Universities of East Anglia, Cork and Queen's University, Belfast.

Glenn Patterson was born in Belfast. The author of fifteen previous works of fiction and non-fiction, he co-wrote the screenplay of the film Good Vibrations. He is currently Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University.

Summary

A view of the south of Ireland - political, social, geographical - through the eyes of a liberal northern protestant being asked to rejoin it.

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PRAISE FOR BACKSTOP LAND:

'Read it and you'll understand who these people are. And why peace in Ireland matters' The Times.

'Brings insight, clarity and piercing wit' Independent.

'Funny, wise, and illuminating' Fintan O'Toole

'An amusing read, thoughtful but informal throughout, drawing you into intellectual company that is still not above deadpan sarcasm' Sunday Times.

'Witty and wise, reading Patterson is like walking into a Belfast pub for lunch and falling into a conversation so good you stay until chucking out time' Spectator.

'Readers in Britain and Ireland will find insights here that challenge the platitudes circulating in the current crisis ... An entertaining drama about the whole conundrum of political representation' Irish Times.

Product details

• Authors: Glenn Patterson
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781800245471
• ISBN: 978-1-80024-547-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, TRAVEL / Europe / Ireland, Travel writing, Ireland, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Non Fiction, HISTORY / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence