Green Glowing Skull by Gavin Corbett
A breathtakingly original, darkly comic, surprisingly contemporary and deeply surreal tale from the author of THIS IS THE WAY, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year.‘Deeply strange – and strangely deepThis is a book in which heads explode, people return from the dead, fish talk, pantomime cows are severed in two, and in which the reader will encounter page after page of unforgettable, resonant and sometimes moving prose…One of the most refreshing novelists writing today’ Guardian
‘Joyfully bizarre… A fast-paced picaresque frenzy … An intoxicating portrait of a gleaming almost robotically energized city … The narrative is peppered with deranged disguises and wild chases, a supernatural element and descents into the realm of the soul … Exuberant and unapologetically experimental, teeming with rich verbal games’ Francesca Wade, TLS
‘It is a blizzard of imaginative energy … The prose sings on every page, sometimes loudly, with silly song titles and arch dialogue, but often by seducing the reader – confidence is an attractive quality – while it slips its strangeness in … Its ebullient charm makes it very hard to resist.’ Irish Times
‘A description of this novel’s set-up makes it sound like something by P G Wodehouse but this is Wodehouse filtered through steam punk and Spike Jonze and infused, too, with the strange magic of old Ireland … Corbett’s imaginative energy can’t be doubted’ New Statesman
Praise for THIS IS THE WAY
‘A wonderful new voice’ Joseph O’Neill, author of ‘Netherland’
‘A curious and delightful confection … A memorable work from a gifted writer whose next moves we should await with very keen interest’ Kevin Barry, Guardian
'A troubling, mysterious, demanding and beautiful book, narrated in a voice unlike any I have encountered in fiction. Corbett knows what he's doing: every sentence throbs with power' Emma Donoghue, author of ‘Room’
‘A unique and extraordinary voice’ Daily Mail
‘Hard to forget … It’s a timely reminder that while fiction may not change things in the real world, it does offer us new ways to dream’ Irish Times
Gavin Corbett was born in the west of Ireland and grew up in Dublin, where he studied History at Trinity College. His second novel, ‘This is the Way’, was published in 2013, and was named the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year in 2013. He lives in New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007594320 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007594321 |
| Title | Green Glowing Skull |
| Author | Gavin Corbett |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2016-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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