The Gowk Storm by Nancy Brysson Morrison

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The Gowk Storm by Nancy Brysson Morrison

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The Gowk Storm by Nancy Brysson Morrison

Oddballs, tinks, heidbangers, saints, keelies, nutters, philosophers and freaks. These apparently marginal lives are not only interesting in their own right but often tell us more about the mores of a country or a time than the lives of its better known citizens (and some of them are included here too). Here, the Japanese poet Basho, the baseball star Babe Ruth and the singer Billie Holiday rub shoulders with Ganesh, Johnny Faa, the Gypsy Laddie and Eliza Donnithorne (true-life model for Dickens? Miss Havisham). Angus Calder has created an original, ex-centric and richly entertaining compendium of brief but essential lives.

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ISBN 13 9780862412227
ISBN 10 0862412226
Title The Gowk Storm
Author Nancy Morrisson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Canongate Books
Year published 2001-01-01
Number of pages 178
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.