Michel Déon visited Ireland for the first time in 1956, invited by his friend Christine de Rivoyre.

According to Déon's wife, the writer got to see the edition when he emerged briefly from a coma before Christmas, before he died on 28 December 2016.

[2] Xavier Houssin wrote in Le Monde: "Of these authors of Erin, assembling the words thrown at the brim of storms, Horseman, Pass By!

... Déon makes the poet, his life, his works, the absolute epicentre of an intimate wandering.

Compass point in place, he traces the circle and rosettes of a long walk around him.