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"After the official 1989 biography of Synge (1871-1909) by David H. Greene and Edward M. Stephens comes this first book from Irish freelancer Kiely, a readable but lean digest version of the Irish Revival's playwright laureate...Kiely's approach gives Synge's life as much a novelistic treatment as a biographic one: splashy local color, swift and utilitarian characterizations, nonlinear chronology, recreated dialogue, and switches into the present tense...his depiction of the cultural and political struggles and infighting during the Irish Revival are as compelling as his portrayal of Synge--his musical ear for speech, his humanist's curiosity, and his caustic wit--is sympathetic."

Kirkus, 10/01/1995

"...Kiely seems to get the main influences right: rejection of a strict, intolerant Protestant upbringing, cultivation of a fine musical ear, a Wordsworthian love of natural, unencumbered existence. This life is by no means definitive, but it's a reasonable introduction to an overlooked writer."

Los Angeles Times Book Review, 01/21/1996

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