Irish family saga that straddles the Atlantic

Booking Passage: We Irish And Americans, by Thomas Lynch, Jonathan Cape, €17.

When, many years from now, the politician Sile De Valera looks back on her career, she will undoubtedly feel that she made various valuable contributions to the arts in Ireland.

However, she may yet prove to be best remembered by future readers for being the recipient of the letter from Thomas Lynch which forms the centrepiece of this fascinating mediation on ...