A Sense Of Wonder: Van Morrison's Ireland

(Book). Long before there was a peace process in Ireland, Van Morrison unwittingly did his bit to unite a nation divided. Born in the heart of East Belfast in the North, he is revered as a Celtic soul hero in the South. His music, while rooted in jazz and blues and soul, has an Irish accent a distinctly Protestant Irish accent. Morrison's songs form a map of this small island a map of places, people, and cultures, too. They evoke a long-ago Belfast at a time before it became violently divid...