Three years in the troubled British Isles from the bestselling author of Heroic Failure.
In 2011 Queen Elizabeth made her first ever state visit to the Irish Republic. It was a great, moving occasion. In settling once and for all its relationship with Ireland, Britain was also settling its relationship with the rest of the world, taking its place as a normal, equal democracy. It was not to last.
Then came the 2016 referendum, and so began
Three Years in Hell
Head of Zeus, an Apollo book * Current Affairs
05 Mar 2020 * 400pp * £5.99 * 9781838935221
REVIEWS
'A funny – at times scathing – look at events since the referendum and how they have affected Britain and Ireland'
Financial Times
'Fintan O'Toole's important account of three turbulent Brexit years is of both historical significance and contemporary relevance ... It will both inform and entertain'
Irish Times
'O'Toole is a pitiless and humourful analyst, and Three Years in Hell is packed with uncommon insights'
Herald
Author
Fintan O'Toole is the author of Heroic Failure, Ship of Fools, A Traitor's Kiss, White Savage and other acclaimed books. He is a columnist for the Irish Times and the Milberg Professor of Irish Letters at Princeton University. He writes regularly for the Guardian, New York Review of Books, New York Times and other British and American journals.
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