Molly Keane

Molly Keane was an Irish novelist and playwright who wrote with devastating wit about the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, their crumbling estates, and the comedy and cruelty of family life within the Big Houses of Ireland. She first published under the pen name M.J. Farrell in the 1920s and 1930s before a dramatic comeback with Good Behaviour in 1981, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Devoted Ladies is one of her earlier, brilliantly sharp novels. Her audiobooks and books remain essential listening and reading for fans of Irish literature, social comedy, and darkly funny fiction about privilege, class, and the decline of an era.