Adrian Kenny was born in Dublin in 1945. There are two autobiographical novels, The Family Business, and Before the Wax Hardened Adrian Kenny writes about the place he loves most, Portobello, in Dublin in a short story collection, Portobello Notes. Arcady and Other Stories is also another collection of short stories. Feast of Michaelmas is Adrian's first novel published in 1978.
Book Review:Dr. Smith`s School for Protestant Boys is situated in the West of Ireland. It is a cultural Limbo, a place which has outlived its usefulness, and which is now falling comically asunder. Caught between a future without real possibilities and a past which is a mere idealised memory, staff and pupils busy themselves with strange alliances and subterfuge. In a world of orchards, staff-room meetings, Divinity Exams, Latin Primers, hunts and festivities, an impressive gallery of characters act their many parts. But the play must end.
Book Review:Arcady, the golden age is a garden party where a boy commits the unforgivable sin. Thirteen stories of hope.
Book Review:This is the story of Adrian Kenny, his childhood, his surroundings, his life.