Jim Sheridan and Peter Carey, director of the film In the Name of the Father and author of the novel Amnesia, respectively, have both lived through many world events surrounding an abuse of power that have a major effect on the central characters...

The autobiographical novel and film My Left Foot demonstrates a wide range of interactions and attitudes between all those Christy encountered, ranging from his youth to his eventual success as a writer and painter and his marriage. As an...