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Hard Life
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ISBN10: 1564781410
ISBN13: 9781564781413
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: Sep 1 1996
Pages: 179
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781564781413
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: Sep 1 1996
Pages: 179
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Subtitled An Exegesis of Squalor, The Hard Life is a sober farce from a master of Irish comic fiction. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, the novel does involve squalor--illness, alcoholism, unemployment, bodily functions, crime, illicit sex--but also investigates such diverse topics as Church history, tightrope walking, and the pressing need for public toilets for ladies. The Hard Life is straight-faced entertainment that conceals in laughter its own devious and wicked satire by one of the best known Irish writers of the 20th century.
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