Great Irish Reportage
Author: Horgan, John
ISBN: 9780241967126
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 24 Jun 2015
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback / softback
A rich selection of writerly journalism from Ireland
Alongside its world-famous tradition of great fiction, Ireland has a less well known but thrilling tradition of reportage: journalism, dispatches and eyewitness accounts. Now, the best of Irish reportage - some of it legendary, some of it unjustly forgotten - is gathered into a single volume. Whether it's Maeve Binchy on the wedding of Princess Margaret or Colm T ibin on the young Sean Quinn, whether it's Hubert Butler on the Fetherd-on-Sea boycott or Eamon Dunphy on the LA Olympics, the pieces in Great Irish Reportage illuminate Irish life in a way that no other form of writing can.
ISBN: 9780241967126
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 24 Jun 2015
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback / softback
A rich selection of writerly journalism from Ireland
Alongside its world-famous tradition of great fiction, Ireland has a less well known but thrilling tradition of reportage: journalism, dispatches and eyewitness accounts. Now, the best of Irish reportage - some of it legendary, some of it unjustly forgotten - is gathered into a single volume. Whether it's Maeve Binchy on the wedding of Princess Margaret or Colm T ibin on the young Sean Quinn, whether it's Hubert Butler on the Fetherd-on-Sea boycott or Eamon Dunphy on the LA Olympics, the pieces in Great Irish Reportage illuminate Irish life in a way that no other form of writing can.
