Gift of the Gag by Deirdre Falvey
An illustrated celebration of Irish performance comedy and its impact on the contemporary entertainment scene. The authors look behind the scenes, interviewing the comedians, presenting and analysing their jokes, and placing it all in the context of the changes in late 20th-century Ireland.
Stephen Dixon is the author of 25 books of fiction, including the National Book Award-nominated novels Frog and Interstate. He wrote his first novel while working as a reporter in Washington, DC, but at the age of 26 he abandoned journalism for jobs that enabled him to concentrate on writing fiction--including tending bar and substitute teaching in public schools. Since then, his short fiction has won most of the major literary awards, including an O. Henry Award and a Pushcart Prize, and he is the recipient of honors from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is now on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780856406584 |
| ISBN 10 | 0856406589 |
| Title | Gift of the Gag |
| Author | Deirdre Falvey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Colourpoint Creative Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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