The revealing and colourful autobiography of one of Ireland's most controversial public figures.
Senator David Norris has been an Independent member of Seanad ireann since 1987. He won a historic constitutional challenge in 1988 to the laws criminalizing homosexuality in Ireland. Senator Norris was a candidate in the 2011 Irish presidential election. He is a former lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, a Joycean scholar, a conservationist and a passionate defender of human rights.
Norris has added immeasurably to our public life. … Norris's memoir
is excellent … He gives us a complete picture, in a fluent and
highly readable account. … raises important questions, such as the
power of the media … The good senator is redeemed by his bravery
and wit.
*Irish Independent*
Norris emerges in these pages as a figure who feels a passionate
engagement with the world and is in possession of great moral
seriousness. He is also very funny. … A Kick Against the Pricks is
more than the account of an interesting life well lived. … He
wishes to speak up for the idea of a life led by conscience, a life
that made a difference to the world. … His autobiography is …a way
of suggesting and evoking what a lone voice can do by remaining
fearless and dutiful, by speaking up again and again, by learning
to fail better, by losing neither a sense of humour nor a sense of
purpose nor the skill, displayed with relish in this book, of
taking real pleasure from life.
*The Irish Times*
Much like the man himself, it’s a witty, erudite, entertaining and
provocative read.
*Hot Press*
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