"Nagy is an English professor at UCLA and one of the foremost Celticists in the world. This volume, a revised version of which is being released this year by the Dublin-based Four Courts Press, is a comprehensive account of the Fenian cycle of Irish mythology and folklore. The book’s central figure is the Irish hero Finn mac Cumaill (Finn MacCool) and his band of followers, the Fianna. Nagy examines the central medieval manuscripts that tell the stories of Finn’s exploits and considers Finn’s role within Irish literature and culture."

Recommended by Eric Falci, Associate Professor of English and author of Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966-2010