Ulick O'Connor takes us into the heart of Irish life in the 70s and 80s, evoking the streets and bars of Dublin with their now legendary characters: the world of the Abbey Theatre and that of the Gate Theatre of Michale MacLiammoir. He recreates the atmosphere and talk of the Anglo-Irish country houses such as Lexlip Castle and Tullynally, where he often stayed as a guest of the Guinnesses and the Longfords. He also reveals the secret part he played as a go-between for the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch. But O'Connor's stage isn't just Irish, it is international. In New York he makes friends with Viva, the star of Andy Warhol's infamous Blue Movie, talks to Robert Kennedy, witnesses the anti-Vietnam protests and the growth of the Civil Rights movement. In London he appears on Wogan, he dines with Alec Waugh and Paul Bowles in Tangiers, and in Stockholm he plays a practical joke on Edna O'Brien that unhappily misfires. "Ulick O'Connor's diaries" are entertaining, gossipy and a good read.
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"O'Connor ... is a multitalented Irishman, an athlete, boxer, rugby player, successful barrister, writer, broadcaster and biographer." (Culture (Sunday Times supplement) 2004-01-04)
"Thoughtful and very entertaining... delightful... above all the book is warm and engaging celebration of temperament" (Books and Bookmen 2004-01-04)
"O'Connor is a great raconteur, and I found his diaries spanning the years 1970 to 1981 hugely entertaining ... a good read" (Sunday Independent 2004-07-25)
"The conversation is splendid and wide-ranging and the gossip is wicked." (Culture (Sunday Times supplement) 2004-01-04)
Ulick O'Connor's books include 'Oliver St John Gogarty', 'Brendan Behran' and the much-praised 'Celtic Dawn'. His play 'Execution' was described by the Evening Standard as 'dymanite', his play 'Joycity' by the New York Times as 'supreme' and his translation of Baudelaire's 'Les Fleurs du Mal' was hailed by a President of the French Academy as 'the best so far, a recreation of a new poem'. He has also been a champion boxer, a record-breaking pole-vaulter and a first-class rugby player. He lives in Dublin.
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