January 8^th   Fools of Fortune,  William Trevor.   An Anglo-Irish family suffers greatly when their home is destroyed by the Black and Tans,
  and the son undertakes a quest for revenge.

February 5^th ,   War in an Irish Town, Eamonn McCann

March 5^th,   Yeats is Dead,   By 15 Irish Writers writing serial chapters.
 A hilarious spoof on the struggle by assorted ne'er-do-wells to find an unpublished manuscript by James Joyce.

April 16th,     The Borstal Boy,  Brendan Behan,  The autobiography of a misguided junior IRA figure who is captured
and sent to a youth correctional facility in England.  The writing and characterizations  are excellent

May 7th,      The Case of the Missing Books,  Ian Sampson.   Israel Armstrong prepares to drive a mobile library around
 a small Irish, damp town.  Just one problem – the books have gone missing!  Who would steal them? 
 Why? Isreal’s job is on the line!  Lots of unforgettable characters and situations, lots of laughs,
 and a very Irish solution to the mystery. 

June 4th,    The Black and Tans, Richard Bennett.  The author is representative of some of the British ruling class’
 attitude toward  the Irish. Although he is clumsy in  attempts at whitewashing the Black & Tan paramilitary police, 
I found Bennett's attitude vastly illuminating. If one grasps this attitude, should it prove widely applicable, it does
 wonders to explain the lack of communication that existed  between the British and the Irish until relatively recent times.
 Think of it as a time capsule.”

July 2nd,     Devoted Ladies,  M.J. Farrell  (Molly Keane). A novel of the famed ascendancy writer who wrote about 
the post independence experiences of the  ascendancy.  In this novel George Playfair meets Jane and entices her 
to Ireland. Not your usual romance. 

August 6^th,    Making of Peace, George Mitchell – 1999.  A report of Mitchel’s work which lead to the
 Good Friday agreement.

September 3rd,    Ladies Night at Finbar’s Hotel,  Dermot Bolger.  A formerly down at the heels Dublin
 hotel has been renovated by its new rock star owner and is now an ultra-chic gathering spot. 

October 1^st,  Mother of all the Brehans.  Autobiography of Kathleen Brehan as told to Brian Brehan.

January 7^th,   2010  Irish Rebel,  Terry Golway.  The life of John Devoy, a founding member of the Irish
republican Clan Na Gael, the American side of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.   An unbelievable story of idealism and
self sacrifice.

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