And this is in a place where things were - I guess they weren't just divided along religious lines, this was - to an extent coincided with class lines as well.

It's basically to identify what religion, you know, a person belongs to. You know, it's a kind of football euphemism. So I think the idea is that Catholics kick with the left foot. I mean, I guess that's slang, Irish slang, really. One of those questions people asked when they wanted to know what foot you kicked with - Louise Kennedy, explain. What's your name? What's your surname? Where did you go to school? Where do you live? It was one of those questions that people asked when they wanted to know what foot you kicked with. And there was a squalid opulence about the jade green tweed that upholstered the banquettes and stools. Behind him, the shabby lanterns that were fixed to the walls were casting circles of warm lights on the teak tables. Would you like one yourself? He closed his fingers around the tumbler. She was emboldened by having her back to him and didn't look away. (Reading) She glanced in the mirror as she was pouring his drink. And the backdrop is her family owns a pub. KELLY: I want you to get us going by reading a bit of the moment where Cushla first lays eyes on Michael. And while she doesn't know it yet, his life has further complications. He's the wrong religion - Protestant to her Catholic - in a deeply, violently sectarian society. It's a love story starring a young woman in her 20s who falls in love with a man wrong for her in every way. The new novel 'Trespasses' unfolds in 1975 in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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