Böcker av Joseph Greenwood

What happens when your biggest strength becomes the door to your worst nightmare? When Brian, a father of three and a nurse at a psychopathic ward, meets Gretha, his intention of saving teenagers from their mental illness connects him to a dark world where Gretha is the King.Gretha finds some way into his home and connects with his daughter, orchestrating events and appearances that trigger him till he becomes the casualty of his profession.Brian is fighting for his sanity and family when his friend dies in an accident. How far is Gretha connected with this? Why is she on to him? And what does she want with his family?In a bid to understand the forces against him, Brian journey to find the truth that will carry him through a path he has never been on and into a world where he becomes the very darkness he fights against.

Arguing that certain song types constitute forms of collective memory, this book explores Irish theatre from the 1950s and 1960s to show that songs provide valuable insights into changes in the popular consciousness. As well as illuminating the performances and reception of the plays, it also challenges orthodox narratives of de Valera's Ireland.