The author argues convincingly that many Irish nationalists and Ulster Unionists are responding slowly to changing conditions in the wider world and are not caught in the kind of time warp that many suppose. EU developments are integral to movement in the culture and politics of these identities. The author paints a very intricate and compelling picture of where these identities have come from, where they are presently, and where they are going. The book is extremely well written and sensibly avoids objective pretensions, opting instead for an 'intersubjective' approach, that is, one which presents the multiple-truths that inform identity in Northern Ireland. It is a shame that the book is priced prohibitively at £42.50 because it deserves to reach a wider audience than the academic one for which it is intended.