x, 198pp. In cloth-covered boards (gently worn at corners). Ex library copy with library markings restricted to endpapers and small stamp on copyright page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (jacket a little bumped at spine ends, a little shelf wear). Dust jacket protected in Brodart-style wrapper. In this analytical study, Professor Smith traces Sean O'Casey's modes of conscious satire that unite all his plays from the Shadow of the Gunman through to The Moon Shines on Kylenamore; drawing on O'Casey's other writings and the social and political milieu from which they emerged. 8vo.
