Lapsed Protestant

Lapsed Protestant features a wide selection of Glenn Patterson's journalistic offerings over the past 20 years. At once witty, insightful, thought-provoking and powerful, Patterson's commentary on society, especially Northern Irish society, is fuelled by love, rage and the sharpest of memories. Patterson's pen moves from Lisburn to Manchester and back to Belfast. A truly refreshing voice emerges from these pages, taking on language, literature, art, pop-culture, love and hate, life and death.

Praise for Glenn Patterson:

'Patterson, [is] in the premier league of contemporary Irish novelists, [with] flair to match his audacity. He should be made writer-in-residence to the Stormont assembly' Joseph O'Connor

'One of Ireland's most prominent contemporary novelists' Independent (London)

'Warm, funny, touching and humane. A composite portrait of changing times and differing pre-occupation'  Independent on Sunday