Holly George-Warren: Janis [2019] paperback ZPSYC Richard Killeen's Concise History of

Richard Killeen's Concise History of Modern Ireland makes complicated history simple

the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill

When she was five years old

that the city begins to slide into the anarchy of violent class struggle

Eddie Murphy

Holly George-Warren: Janis [2019] paperback ZPSYC Richard Killeen's Concise History ofIt's been said Janis Joplin was second only to Bob Dylan as the 'creator recorder embodiment of her generation's mythology'. But how did a middle class girl from Texas become a '60s countercultural icon? Janis' parents doted on her and promoted her early talent for art. But the arrival of a brother shattered the bond she had with her intellectual maverick of a father, an oil engineer. And her own maverick instincts alienated her from her socially