Donkey's Years is the first volume of memoirs from one of Ireland's
greatest writers, Aidan Higgins. Displaying the wit, sensuality and
highly personal style that made him such a distinct and classic
wordsmith, Higgins lays bare his account of his early years growing up
Co. Kildare until the time of his family's eventual economic decline.
Donkey's Years serves as a literary and sensuous rendering of one man's
life and the forces that compelled him towards a life of letters.