The Penguin book of Irish comic writing

by Ferdia Mac Anna (Editor)

Other authorsJames Joyce (Author), Samuel Beckett (Author), Maeve Binchy (Author), Anne Enright (Author), Roddy Doyle (Author), Flann O'Brien (Author), Patrick McCabe (Author), Joseph O'Connor (Author), Mike McCormack (Author), Spike Milligan (Author), Molly Keane (Author)32 more, Brendan O'Carroll (Author), Frank O'Connor (Author), Eoin McNamee (Author), John B. Keane (Author), Sara Berkeley (Author), Pat Ingoldsby (Author), Clare Boylan (Author), J. P. Donleavy (Author), Brendan Behan (Author), Moy McCrory (Author), Michael Curtin (Author), Patrick Campbell (Author), Mervyn Wall (Author), James Stephens (Author), Nina Fitzpatrick (Author), Mary Morrissy (Author), Ferdia Mac Anna (Author), Hugh Leonard (Author), Bernard Mac Laverty (Author), Billy Roche (Author), Aidan Mathews (Author), Katy Hayes (Author), Bridget O'Connor (Author), Eimar O'Duffy (Author), Éilís Ní Dhuibhne (Author), Myles Na Gopaleen (Author), Noel McFarlane (Author), Seán Mac Mathúna (Author), Moya Roddy (Author), Padraig O'Siochfhradha (Author), Micháel Mac Liammóir (Author), Séan O'Faolain (Author)
Paper Book, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

828.91408

Library's review

Indeholder "Acknowledgements", "Acknowledgements of copyright holders", "Introduction", "James Joyce: Extract from Ulysses", "James Stephens: A Rhinoceros, Some Ladies and A Horse", "Padraig O'Siochfhradha: Death to the Master", "Micháel Mac Liammóir: Extract from Put Money in Thy Purse", "Eimar
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O'Duffy: Extract from King Goshawk and the Birds", "Séan O'Faolain: The Confessional", "Frank O'Connor: First Confession", "Molly Keane: Extract from Good Behaviour", "Samuel Beckett: Extract from Murphy", "Mervyn Wall: Extract from The Unfortunate Fursey", "Myles Na Gopaleen: Extract from The Best of Myles", "Flann O'Brien: Extract from The Third Policeman", "Patrick Campbell: The Hot Box", "Spike Milligan: Extract from Puckoon", "Brendan Behan: The Confirmation Suit", "J. P. Donleavy: Extract from The Ginger Man", "Hugh Leonard: Extract from Home Before Night", "John B. Keane: The Change", "Seán Mac Mathúna: The Queen of Killiney", "Maeve Binchy: Holland Park", "Pat Ingoldsby: Articles from the Evening Press", "Bernard Mac Laverty: A Time to Dance", "Clare Boylan: Not A Recommended Hobby for A Housewife", "Billy Roche: Extract from Tumbling Down", "Moy McCrory: The Wrong Vocation", "Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: A Visit to Newgrange", "Ferdia Mac Anna: Extract from The Last of the High Kings", "Patrick McCabe: Extract from The Butcher Boy", "Aidan Mathews: Nephritis", "Brendan O'Carroll: Extract from The Mommy", "Noel McFarlane: Lucky Singing", "Roddy Doyle: Vincent", "Mary Morrissy: Bookworm", "Michael Curtin: Extract from The Plastic Tomato-Cutter", "Nina Fitzpatrick: In the Company of Frauds", "Moya Roddy: The Day I Gave Neil Jordan a Lift", "Eoin McNamee: The Lion Alone", "Bridget O'Connor: Here Comes John", "Anne Enright: Revenge", "Joseph O'Connor: The Wizard of Oz", "Katy Hayes: Forecourt", "Mike McCormack: Thomas Crumlesh 1960 - 1922: A Retrospective", "Sara Berkeley: The Catch".

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"Micháel Mac Liammóir: Extract from Put Money in Thy Purse" handler om ???
"Eimar O'Duffy: Extract from King Goshawk and the Birds" handler om ???
"Séan O'Faolain: The Confessional" handler om ???
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"Myles Na Gopaleen: Extract from The Best of Myles" handler om ???
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"Patrick Campbell: The Hot Box" handler om ???
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"Brendan Behan: The Confirmation Suit" handler om ???
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"Hugh Leonard: Extract from Home Before Night" handler om ???
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"Seán Mac Mathúna: The Queen of Killiney" handler om ???
"Maeve Binchy: Holland Park" handler om ???
"Pat Ingoldsby: Articles from the Evening Press" handler om ???
"Bernard Mac Laverty: A Time to Dance" handler om ???
"Clare Boylan: Not A Recommended Hobby for A Housewife" handler om ???
"Billy Roche: Extract from Tumbling Down" handler om ???
"Moy McCrory: The Wrong Vocation" handler om ???
"Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: A Visit to Newgrange" handler om ???
"Ferdia Mac Anna: Extract from The Last of the High Kings" handler om ???
"Patrick McCabe: Extract from The Butcher Boy" handler om ???
"Aidan Mathews: Nephritis" handler om ???
"Brendan O'Carroll: Extract from The Mommy" handler om ???
"Noel McFarlane: Lucky Singing" handler om ???
"Roddy Doyle: Vincent" handler om ???
"Mary Morrissy: Bookworm" handler om ???
"Michael Curtin: Extract from The Plastic Tomato-Cutter" handler om ???
"Nina Fitzpatrick: In the Company of Frauds" handler om ???
"Moya Roddy: The Day I Gave Neil Jordan a Lift" handler om ???
"Eoin McNamee: The Lion Alone" handler om ???
"Bridget O'Connor: Here Comes John" handler om ???
"Anne Enright: Revenge" handler om ???
"Joseph O'Connor: The Wizard of Oz" handler om ???
"Katy Hayes: Forecourt" handler om ???
"Mike McCormack: Thomas Crumlesh 1960 - 1922: A Retrospective" handler om ???
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Publication

London, Penguin Books, c1995

Description

This collection contains extracts, stories and prose by over 70 Irish authors. Arranged in chronological order, they provide an insight into the progress of Irish comic writing down the years.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

xxi, 389 p.; 19.8 cm

ISBN

9780140239393

Local notes

Omslag: Liam Blake / Real Ireland Design Limited
Omslaget viser interiør fra en irsk pub i Dublin
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi

Pages

xxi; 389

Library's rating

Rating

(2 ratings; 3)

DDC/MDS

828.91408
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