The Bodhran Makers: A Novel of Ireland

A novel of rural Ireland: "Furious, raging, passionate and...very, very funny." -- Boston Globe "At once a rueful elegy to a vanished spirit and a comic celebration. For those who wear the green, this book will provide a bounty of tears and laughs." -- Publishers Weekly

John B. Keane (1928-2002) was an Irish playwright, novelist, and essayist. The award-winning The Bodhran Makers was first published in 1986 in Ireland, where it became an immediate success. In America, Keane is best known through the film version of his play The Field, which was released in 1991 and starred John Hurt and Richard Harris.