Ireland has ever been a fount of short fiction. So many Irish writers have distinguished themselves in this form that their names make up a kind of who's-who of writing sophistication and genius: John McGahern, Frank O'Connor, Edna O'Brien, Maeve Binchy, Colm T�ib�n, William Trevor, Roddy Doyle, Se�n � Faol�in, Julia � Faol�in, Eoin McNamee and many, many more. James Joyce, of course, holds a kind of sway over all Irish literature written in English, mostly because of Ulysses. Whether the novel deserves that sway remains open to debate. What some readers consider a work of great genius is held by others to be one of profound linguistic nuttiness. It is revered particularly by professors. The...
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