The Au Pair Man | John Keyes Byrne Overview
In the following essay, the critic gives an overview of John Keyes Byrne’s work.
Irish playwright, screenwriter, and novelist John Keyes Byrne, who writes under the name Hugh Leonard, is known for his wickedly humorous story lines that focus on humanity’s dark nature. At his birth in Dublin, he was named John Byrne; following his adoption by a working-class family, he began using his adoptive father’s name, “Keyes,” as his middle name. Byrne began his writing career as a civil servant in the Department of Lands. While with the department, he became involved with amateur theater and began writing for and about the stage. Byrne’s pseudonym, Hugh Leonard, is...
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