Re: FAO fans of 60s British cinema('s adaptations of Irish novels )
> "In The Forest" - based on the murders of Imelda Riney, her son
> Liam and Father Joe Walsh. Not one of her better books, to be honest IMHO
> - leaving aside the controversy over its publication (it's a very thinly
> fictionalised account of the events and was published not long after the
> murders and the subsequent death in prison of the real-life murderer.)
That's the one ! I watched a documentary about it and the reviews I read were very positive.
I actually got into her fron the first Dexys single "Dance Stance".
In the song Rowland namechecked a "Who's Who" of writers including :-
Oscar Wilde,Brendan Beehan,Eugene O'Neil,George Bernard Shaw,Sean O'Casey,Edna O'Brien.
I am forever grateful to him for introducing me to such an amazing array of talent.
It got me into Wilde at a young age and then when Morrissey came along and declared a love for Oscar Wilde I felt we already had a mutual interest.