We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'toole
Fintan O'Toole Ireland's leading public intellectual and author of Heroic Failure tells a history of Ireland in his own time.
PRAISE FOR FINTAN O'TOOLE:
'Good journalists like Fintan O'Toole are the ones to look to if you want your lifelines to the contemporary reopened or the jump leads to your ethical sense connected up' Seamus Heaney
'A witty attack on the fantasies that drove Brexit ... Clever, over the top, but etertaining political writing' The Times Books of the Year, on Heroic Failure.
'Fintan O'Toole in Heroic Failure displays an amazing command of the facts, but what distinguishes his book is the quality of the mind at work, the sharpness of the analysis, the style' Colm Tóibín.
'I loved the book. It's hugely entertaining and engrossing, and great fun too. I loved the link to punk – fascinating ... It's a terrific book' Roddy Doyle, on Heroic Failure.
'A wildy entertaining but uncomfortable read ... He has nailed us to the floor with a nine-inch nail' Jonathan Coe, on Heroic Failure.
'Good journalists like Fintan O'Toole are the ones to look to if you want your lifelines to the contemporary reopened or the jump leads to your ethical sense connected up' Seamus Heaney
'A witty attack on the fantasies that drove Brexit ... Clever, over the top, but etertaining political writing' The Times Books of the Year, on Heroic Failure.
'Fintan O'Toole in Heroic Failure displays an amazing command of the facts, but what distinguishes his book is the quality of the mind at work, the sharpness of the analysis, the style' Colm Tóibín.
'I loved the book. It's hugely entertaining and engrossing, and great fun too. I loved the link to punk – fascinating ... It's a terrific book' Roddy Doyle, on Heroic Failure.
'A wildy entertaining but uncomfortable read ... He has nailed us to the floor with a nine-inch nail' Jonathan Coe, on Heroic Failure.
Fintan O'Toole is a historian, biographer, literary critic and political commentator. His acclaimed columns on Brexit for the Irish Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books have been awarded both the Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize. His books include A Traitor's Kiss, his life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Judging Shaw and White Savage. His investigative, polemical books have all been bestsellers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784978297 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784978299 |
| Title | We Don't Know Ourselves |
| Author | Fintan O'toole |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2021-07-08 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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