The Speckled People

Proof copy. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 298. Pictorial wraps.

Signed by the Author to title page.

A 2003 New York Times Notable Book. Winner of the Prix Femina étranger and the Premio Giuseppe Berto, in 2004. "We wear Aran Sweaters and Lederhosen. We are forbidden from speaking English. We are trapped in a language war. We are the Speckled People."

The Irish novelist's moving memoir of growing up in 1950s Dublin as the child of an Irish father and a German mother, trapped in a war of identity and language. A follow-up volume, The Sailor in the Wardrobe, was published in 2006. It was titled The Harbor Boys for the U.S. market. Author's own theatrical adaptation was staged in 2011 at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. "An astonishing achievement... a landmark in Irish non-fiction... a masterpiece." –Washington Post