You're Welcome to Ulster — Menna Gallie

Threatened by breast cancer, Welsh-born Sarah Thomas seeks a last vacation in Ulster with two close Catholic friends, the Moores, and a former lover, a Protestant left-wing journalist. Once arrived at the Moores' house in County Down, Sarah finds the family rife with potential martyrs: Colum Moore, an English professor trying to resist public political involvement; his devout, naively nationalistic wife, carrying their eighth child and breeding vulnerability; her sister, Una, an angry activist spouting Marx and Marcuse who lives like a nun among grotesque religious relics. First published in 1971, this is a fascinating insight into the politics of both time and place.