Considered to be one of the best Irish writers of the twentieth century, Aidan Higgins has earned a reputation throughout Europe as an unusual and astringent prose stylist. This omnibus of selected short fiction is the perfect introduction to the talents of this Irish successor to James Joyce and Samuel Beckett (although Higgins's work is perhaps more reminiscent of his Welsh contemporary Dylan Thomas), and displays Higgins's warmth of language and character. From a melancholy tale of suicide in "North Salt Holdings" to a ...
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Considered to be one of the best Irish writers of the twentieth century, Aidan Higgins has earned a reputation throughout Europe as an unusual and astringent prose stylist. This omnibus of selected short fiction is the perfect introduction to the talents of this Irish successor to James Joyce and Samuel Beckett (although Higgins's work is perhaps more reminiscent of his Welsh contemporary Dylan Thomas), and displays Higgins's warmth of language and character. From a melancholy tale of suicide in "North Salt Holdings" to a colorful depiction of J. J. Catchpole's escapades in "Catchpole, " Higgins builds his characters into touching failures who both attract and repulse the reader.
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Good. No Jacket as Issued. CF2-A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with clear plastic lamination applied to the covers plus there are the usual library stamps. label, and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, the inside surface of the front cover, and the last page. A collection of short prose and fiction of Aidan Higgins, one of the most highly respected Irish writers of the past fifty years. The author is a winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prixe and the Irish Academy of Letters Award plus he has a novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize. By the author of "Asylum and Other Stories, " "Langrishe, Go Down, " "Images of Africa, " "Donkey's Years, " "Dog Days, " and "The Whole Hog." Notes on the text, 470p.
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