PositiveRTE (IRE)... an illuminating, provocative and very entertaining look at how Ireland has changed over the author’s lifetime ... And there are, despite the author’s modesty, a few entertaining episodes from his own life ... O’Toole is penetrating on the class system which Ireland pretends not to have ... Some of O’Toole’s targets are of the soft variety. He is, for instance, very mean about poor Michael Flatley ... A small quibble: there are a few errors that are surprising in a book of this quality ... But overall, even if you don’t agree with much (or even any) of what Fintan O’Toole says, you are likely to enjoy reading this book. People may argue with the substance, but nobody could argue with the style—a piece of Irish duality that the author may appreciate.
