The Boys: A Biography of Micheál MacLíammóir and Hilton Edwards

'Christopher Fitz-Simon's meticulous, scholarly and loving double biography of Micheál MacLíammóir and his life-long lover, the equally mysterious Hilton Edwards, gives us the story of the two men, initially unhappy in their own skins and with their own origins, who fell passionately in love with each other, Ireland and Orson Welles, and gave us the Gate, one of the only truly great theatre companies Ireland ever had' Sheridan Morley, Sunday Times

'An important story about the making of modern Ireland, not just the Irish stage; a penetrating account of artistic collaboration; above all a moving love story' Simon Callow

'An excellent biography, candid, conscientious and almost definitive. Once, and to Micheál's great delight, I described him and Hilton as "two incorrigible Renaissance men'' The Boys does no less.' Hugh Leonard, The Irish Times

'Beautifully written, diligently researched, sometimes sad, often hilarious...' Keith Baxter, Daily Telegraph