Banned, burned and reviled: what was so radical about Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls?
The story of one of the most famous, infamous and beloved Irish novels of the 20th century.
By Eimear McBride![Banned, burned and reviled: what was so radical about Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls? Banned, burned and reviled: what was so radical about Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/dl6pgk4f88hky.cloudfront.net/2021/09/2017_37_edna_o_brien.jpg)
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