When Walter Macken dedicated his first novel to his Mammy, Agnes, he did not expect the censors to declare it ‘obscene’. How does a social-problem novel by a good Catholic offend the official arbiters of taste?

Illegitimacy and pre martial sex are central themes and key plot devices.
It's not as full throated an exploration of the relationship between man and sheep as you might expect.
Macken went deep into our souls without us really noticing.

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Primitives: Macken, ‘Quench the Moon’ (1948)