About the Author

John Broderick was born in Athlone in 1924. Educated in Ireland he lived in London, Rome, and Paris. He was elected a member of the Irish Academy of Letters in 1968. A neglected but powerful writer, he was the author of six novels set in the Irish midlands. He died in Bath in 1989.

Reviews

‘In 1973 ‘An Apology for Roses’ was a daring book by any standards. It was considered then to be a ‘dirty book.’ That it is being reprinted in 2016, forty-three years after it was first after it was first seized by the customs and submitted to the rigours of the censorship board, is refreshing. It sold over 30,000 copies in the first week of publication.’ — From the Introduction by Gearoid O’Brien.