About the Author

Richard Pine, writer and critic, is author of well-received books on Brian Friel and Oscar Wilde, as well as the standard work Music and Broadcasting in Ireland (Four Courts Press, 2005). He is director of the Durrell School of Corfu, where he lives.

Reviews

“This isn’t the gentle anecdotal tale one might expect, chock-full of opening-night reminiscences and late-night recollections. Instead it’s a bit of an epic.” —The Irish Times