An only child
By: Frank O'Connor.
Edition: 1st Syracuse University Press ed.
Series: Irish studies; Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966.; Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography.; Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Description: The story of Frank O'Connor is that of a shy child from a Cork slum who becomes aware that there is something beyond the confines of his life and the lives around him, something grander. And with resolve and labor, he makes his way toward it.

From his childhood to the time of his release from imprisonment as a revolutionary, O'Connor conveys the moral fortune and the tragic elements of life, that sparked his storytelling - a life he describes as a "celebration of those who for me represented all I should ever know of God."
Notes: Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1961.