About the Author

Joseph Lennon, associate professor of English at Manhattan College in New York City, has published poetry and essays on Irish, Indian, and British literature and culture.

Reviews

Original, provocative, and compelling. Its central thesis - that a tradition of Irish contact, imagined or real, existed with Asia and North Africa from the ninth century to the present - is startling." - New Hibernia Review

"The author's exhaustive research is evident and his manner of presentation... engages the reader." - Choice

"A fascinating read, inaugurating its subject with style and substance and opening a whole new critical conversation." - Irish University Review