Getting It in the Head: Stories by Mike Mccormack

Getting It in the Head: Stories by Mike Mccormack

Originally published in 1996, the first book from the author of Booker-listed Solar Bones is a dark, uncanny collection of stunning breadth and audacity.

In this gothic, virtuoso debut collection (a New York Times Notable Book), Mike McCormack dispenses nightmares both stylish and macabre. A Is for Ax offers alphabetized look at the killing of a parent, while the title story tracks a chilling sibling rivalry. Other works here offer multiple-quiz on the road to Calvary, a door-to-door saleswoman trafficking in strange and menacing feats, and a self-mutilating artist pushing himself to the limit. These sly and dangerous stories show us a young writer who was already a master of wicked formal play, and whose sly takes on life and death remain profoundly unsettling.

McCormack, Mike: - MIKE McCORMACK is an award-winning novelist and short story writer from Mayo. His previous work includes Getting it in the Head (1995), Notes from a Coma (2005), which was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award, and Forensic Songs (2012). In 1996 he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and in 2007 he was awarded a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship. In 2016, his novel Solar Bones won the Goldsmiths Prize.

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ISBN 13	9781641292252
ISBN 10	1641292253
Title	Getting It in the Head: Stories
Author	Mike Mccormack
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Soho Press Inc
Year published	2021-04-06
Number of pages	272
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