This Road of MineFirst published in Irish by An Gm in 1965, the magnificent autobiographical novel by Seosamh Mac Grianna Mo Bhealach Fin is translated here for the first time into English by Mchel hAodha. With notes of Dead as Doornails and The Ginger Man in its absurd comedy, Seosamh Mac Grianna pens his reaction to an anglicised, urbanised, post revolution Ireland, demonstrating his talents at their peak. This Road of Mine relates a humorous, picaresque journey

It tells the remarkable story of Daisy Fingall (nee Burke) of County Galway

Desmond Leslie (1921-2001)

Francis Ledwidge and Oliver St John Gogarty

informal gourmet

a vision of the Irish nation seen through the prism of its people

who are given a chapter each for discussion: Denis Woulfe

devoid of sentiment and often highly critical

the power of his prose – all are on display throughout this extraordinary compendium

When the funeral is over

from our boardrooms to our streets

The resulting images are a fascinating depiction of contemporary Ireland

This details the book’s fraught origins