The Emerald Underground Author:Michael Collins April 1981. New York. A young Irishman, Liam is in hiding, waiting until the dreadful act in which he has had to participate becomes public knowledge, forcedto keep it a secret because he is an illegal immigrant. In this, his second novel. Michael Collins writes with his Characteristic rawness and anger about the Irish in 80s America, as he give... more »s the lie to the notion that were that country's favourite sons, but also, in a novel of maturity and rare beauty, he bringsa new poignancy to our understanding of the emigrant experience, and of the loneliness of not belonging.« less