In a series of her signature sturdy woodcuts, Wormell (Why Not?) once again returns to the barnyard for this tale of a normally cheerful rooster who is having a very bad day. No one knows why Bernard is so out of sorts, but he's certainly...
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Fintan O'Toole, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $25 (402p) ISBN 978-0-374-28128-1
At the center of drama critic O'Toole's new book is an Irishman who migrated to New York in the 1730s. William Johnson began to trade with nearby Indians and quickly became knowledgeable about and beloved by the Mohawks, who adopted him as a
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Fintan O'Toole, Author . Public Affairs $25.95 (230p) ISBN 978-1-58648-881-9
A fascinating and deeply shocking account of the recent financial collapse of Ireland’s economy. Writing in stridently polemical tones, prominent Irish journalist O’Toole (White Savage
) blends strong reportage with perceptive cultural...
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Fintan O'Toole, Author New Island Books $19.95 (236p) ISBN 978-1-874597-49-0
""[T]he world that was left behind has now disappeared,"" writes journalist O'Toole. ""The exile's dream of return has no meaning when the homeland is an ex-isle, a place forever gone."" In 14 brilliantly written essays, most commissioned for the...
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Fintan O'Toole, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $30 (519p) ISBN 978-0-374-27931-8
O'Toole's mistitled biography exaggerates the hold of Sheridan's (and O'Toole's) native Ireland on his careers as playwright and politician. Although Sheridan supported Irish causes as well as English reforms, he never returned to the island he left
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