Goosefoot
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Patrick McGinley is able to do what few novelists can: write stories and characters that are drenched in place (specifically, rural Ireland), and yet totally devoid of cheap sentimentality. His... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0525241426
ISBN13:9780525241423
Release Date:October 1982
Publisher:Dutton Books
Length:251 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
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Darkly funny gem - an overlooked masterpiece
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Patrick McGinley is able to do what few novelists can: write stories and characters that are drenched in place (specifically, rural Ireland), and yet totally devoid of cheap sentimentality. His landscapes have the edgy, ludicrous beauty of a dream - unstable and prone to capsize into nightmare. Goosefoot is such a story - the tale of a tough, smart farm girl who moves to the city, and the temptations that befall and ultimately destroy her. This is the story in a nutshell, and yet the details are what make it wonderful: the bitterly funny characters and the luminous, witty dialogue that carries them from one misadventure to another. One of the handful of novels that gets better with each reading.
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