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The Truth about the Irish

The Truth about the Irish

by Terry Eagleton

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 181 PAGES

An irreverent A-to-Z guide to all things Irish by a native son. Eagleton's a shrewd, comic commentator, casting aside many myths, starting with his first entry - A for alcohol (the Irish have the lowest per capita consumption of alcohol in the E.U., after Greece and Italy).  (IRE167, $14.95)


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