The Truth About the Irish

Terry Eagleton

St. Martin's Griffin

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If you're looking for a field guide to leprechauns, The Truth About the Irish is not the book for you. But if you can handle a frank and funny look into the minds and hearts of Irish people, you've been touched by that fabled Irish luck. Covering all things Irish from Blarney to Yeats, renowned literary and cultural critic Terry Eagleton separates the myths from the reality with his priceless blend of sidesplitting humor, caustic commentary, and the honest lowdown on the beloved and bewildering country of Ireland.

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"A fine, fast and very funny meditation." --Washington Post

" Terry Eagleton delves into what makes the Irish people tick, dispensing with nonsense about leprechauns, shamrocks and drunkeness to explore the truth behind the Irish psyche." --New York Post
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Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton is Wharton Professor of English Literature at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. One of the world's leading literary critics, his many academic books include Literary Theory: An Introduction. He is also author of the play Saint Oscar and the novel Saints and Scholars, along with two widely acclaimed studies of Ireland, Heathcliffe and the Great Hunger and Crazy John and the Bishop.

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The Truth About the Irish
Terry Eagleton

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
February 2001
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780312264031
ISBN10: 0312264038
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 192 pages, Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout
$14.95

Hardcover

Hardcover
St. Martin's Press
March 2000
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780312254889
ISBN10: 0312254881
5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, 192 pages, 10 b&w line drawings throughout
$19.95
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