Book review: Tender

Tender, a novel about being a gay man in unwelcoming 1970s Ireland, was published just after the marriage equality amendment was passed. That was purely coincidental, Belinda McKeon assures Caroline O’Doherty.

Sat, 20 Jun, 2015 - 01:00

Caroline O’Doherty

Belinda McKeon

Picador, €18.99

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