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Hanging Johnny
Paperback
Classic FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Tough Poets Press
Published: Jan 1 2025
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
New edition of Myrtle Johnston's 1927 debut novel of a reluctant executioner in 1870s Ireland.
From The State (Columbia, SC), April 8, 1928:
The author, an Irish girl of 18, unknown until her book focused attention on her, recounts a tale of horror with the ingenuousness of a nurserymaid amusing her charges with a bit of folklore. Yet behind the simple directness of the narrative is felt the pitifulness of poverty, the pathos of human misunderstanding, and above all, compassion for 'Hanging Johnny, ' queer, shiftless, lovable johnny, victim of his queer, uncanny profession.
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