Sir, – I remember, as a child growing up in Co Clare, that there was something scandalous and whispered about the name of Edna O’Brien.
I knew that one of her books had been banned and that this was shocking. I seem to remember, however, that one of her novels was serialised in a glossy magazine and that there was not a cushion in Ennis without a copy hidden beneath. I think the magazine was called Creation.
Does anyone else remember this or have I dreamed the whole thing?
Perhaps the oul' omerta is still in place.
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– Yours, etc,
MAEVE KENNEDY
Rathgar,
Dublin 6.