This novel tells the story of Father Tom Conroy who is a spiky, difficult man. He dies at a reunion of his seminary colleagues.
As this masterly novel unfolds, we are taken through the years that formed this troublesome priest, who knew his life had been a failure.
The Hungry Grass is a sharply witty and moving novel of a world on the cusp of change.
The novel was first published in 1969. This edition was published in 2016 and contains an introduction by Declan Kiberd.