“Though these novels weren't written as a trilogy, they concern the same characters, are set in the same Dublin neighborhood, and work well together. I like to teach them in the 20th Century Irish class -- it's not a waste of time to read them all. (Makes everybody LOTS happier than reading The Country Girls Trilogy, frankly, so we all feel better when we get through discussing Doyle's place in Irish Fiction.) All three have been made into movies.”
