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Review title: A distinctive blend of romantic and political intrigue.
Product review: Of all the books I've read in recent years that address the coming-out process, the finest is Ulster Alien. Beyond the issue of sexual self-discovery, which the novel explores admirably, the book also offers a glimpse into Ireland's turbulent, convoluted political situation. In a very real sense, then, it provides an unadorned lesson in modern Irish history, and for this reason was especially valuable to a non-Irish reader like myself having only limited knowledge of that nation's political state of affairs. The novel's characters are also true to life, as well as likeable, and the pace, brisk. In all, Ulster Alien is a warm, absorbing, and edifying book, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the coming-out process or in Northern Ireland politics during the latter half of the twentieth century.
