A Book of Ireland Author:Frank O'Connor (Editor) Frank O'Connor was a well-known short story writer, critic and playwright with a profound knowledge of his country's language, literature and tradition. Ranging from the Venerable Bede in the 8th century to the near-contemporary school of major writers that included Yeats, Synge and Joyce, and beyond it to Padric Colum in our own day, he drew u... more »pon sources both obvious and recondite. The result is a miscellany that stimulates while it satisfies, a compilation that bears the hallmark of a gifted anthropologist.« less