Billy Keane, the sports columnist for the Irish Independent (and also son of beloved author John B.) also has a new historical novel out. "The Last of the Heroes" is a comical, yet touching look at one family as it struggles with the rest of Ireland throughout the 20th century, from the hard years of the Irish civil war to the Celtic Tiger and the new millennium. ($19.95 / 289 pages / Ballpoint -Irish Books and Media)