Killoyle

Killoyle - American Literature Series

Paperback (29 Aug 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Proving that the spirits of James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, and Samuel Beckett still flow in the veins of at least one Irish writer, Roger Boylan has composed a novel filled with hilarity and doom about the inhabitants of the Irish town of Killoyle: Milo Rogers, a headwaiter and would-be poet with a bit of a drinking problem and a bit of a sexual one; Kathy Hickman, a writer for the woman's fashion magazine Glam, as well as a former pin-up girl; Wolfetone Grey, who reads books only by or about God, and who also makes anonymous phone calls through-out the town in order to make people believe, among other things, that they have just won the lottery; and a host of other peculiar folks, all suffering from and tortured by problems with God, sex, the drink, and of course Ireland. Accompanying all of this is a nameless figure who bursts on the scene in the form of acerbic, opinionated, hilarious footnotes that rudely comment upon the characters and numerous other subjects.

Book information

ISBN: 9781564781451
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 241
Weight: 432g
Height: 227mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 16mm