Set during the summer of Punk in Howth, a small fishing town in North County Dublin, The Last of the High Kings is a coming-of-age comic novel that tells the story of 17 year old Frankie Griffin as he tries to deal with his eccentric family, including his outrageous Republican mother and laid-back Bohemian father. First published in 1991, New Island bring this Modern Irish Classic back to life. The Last of the High Kings was made into a Hollywood movie starring Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Rea and Christina Ricci in 1996