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'O'Byrne has a Marquezian sensitivity for weaving together the lineaments of a family's successes and crises into one compelling account: his dry, sometimes laconic style eloquently captures the passage of generations, providing just enough room for the reader to catch a glimpse of each individual's ferocious vitality before closing the window and moving on. The effect is highly entertaining, and as the Spiddal episode illustrates, these short narratives give the reader an unusual insight into the incipient years of the Republic.' - Tom Lordan, Irish Times ; 'Robert O’Byrne offers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era of gilded splendour ... A thoroughly engaging romp through this vanished society and its grand spaces, Left Without a Handkerchief is the perfect primer for any lay student of the Protestant ascendancy as told through the prism of ten of its septs and their many larger-than-life characters.' - Dónal Nolan, The Kerryman ; 'It makes for a fascinating—and often poignant—read.' - Country Life

'O'Byrne has a Marquezian sensitivity for weaving together the lineaments of a family's successes and crises into one compelling account: his dry, sometimes laconic style eloquently captures the passage of generations, providing just enough room for the reader to catch a glimpse of each individual's ferocious vitality before closing the window and moving on. The effect is highly entertaining, and as the Spiddal episode illustrates, these short narratives give the reader an unusual insight into the incipient years of the Republic.' - Tom Lordan, Irish Times

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Robert O’Byrne, a trustee of the Apollo Foundation and the Artists’ Collecting Society, is author of more than a dozen books. These include The Last Knight: A Tribute to Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin (2013) and Hugh Lane 1875–1915 (2000, 2018). He writes an award-winning blog, ‘The Irish Aesthete’.

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