Fintan O'Toole is a columnist with, and assistant editor of The Irish Times. He is adjunct professor at the school of Language, Culture and Communication at the University of Limerick and Leonard Milberg lecturer in Irish Studies at Princeton. He has been drama critic for The Sunday Tribune, The Irish Times and the New York Daily News. His work on political and cultural issues has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and The Guardian. He was presenter of the BBC cultural magazine programme, The Late Show, and Literary Advisor to the Abbey Theatre. His m...