10) Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord Of The Rings, by Lin Carter, updated by Adam Roberts
The first of my latest review package from infinity plus. Alas, my review will not be a whole-heartedly enthusiastic one; the thirty-five years that have passed since original publication have made this a book more for the completist than for the casual researcher. Oh well, I will write about it at greater length elsewhere.
I particularly liked the bit about him being an outlier. He also apparently tried to jump a horse over the estate walls – they’re gigantic things.
However, it’s not Borris-in-Ossory, it’s just Borris. Technically, it’s Borris-in-Leighlin – Borris-in-Ossory is in Laois, not Carlow. I spent four summers working there at university – the family’s still living on the estate and half the town is called Kavanagh.