Friends With The Enemy: a memoir

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Val Mulkerns has been described by Sebastian Barry as, a masterly writer in the tradition of Sean O Faolain and Anne Enright notes that in her work, liberalising, Shavian voices form a neglected strand of the Irish tradition.

After publishing ten books of literary fiction and short stories since her debut novel, A Time Outworn in 1951, Friends With The Enemy is an elegant memoir that takes us from an artistic childhood in Dublin through travels in post-war Europe, encounters with established authors in 1950s Ireland and the changing face of the country during the eighties and nineties. With a mellow, concise prose, she recalls her experiences of over almost seventy years as a writer and journalist.