No Country For Young Men

Four generations of two families struggle to deal with the after-effects of the Irish Civil War in Julia O’Faolain’s gripping and engaging novel.  "Entertaining and rich in comedy...gripping and moving"  (William Trevor).

What happens to a society when memory displaces thought? Set in contemporary Dublin, No Country for Young Men introduces an Irish-American targeted for elimination by terrorists, an unsolved 1922 murder, a moving love affair and a deranged nun. Then things get complicated. Memory and madness, history and mystery, affairs of the heart and tricks of the mind - all are covered with wit, intelligence and compassion by author Julia O’Faolain.

"One of the very best books of its kind that has ever been my pain and pleasure to read."  -  The Guardian

Julia O'Faolain was born in London. Her novel No Country for Young Men was shortlisted for the 1980 Booker Prize.  She was brought up in Cork and Dublin, educated in Paris and Rome and married an American historian in Florence. She lived for many years in the US, before finally settling in London.