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Hard Life

An Exegesis of Squalor

Flann O'Brien author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press

Published:19th Jan '95

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Subtitled “An Exegesis of Squalor,” The Hard Life is a sober farce from a master of Irish comic fiction. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, the novel does involve squalor—illness, alcoholism, unemployment, bodily functions, crime, illicit sex—but also investigates such diverse topics as Church history, tightrope walking, and the pressing need for public toilets for ladies. The Hard Life is straight-faced entertainment that conceals in laughter its own devious and wicked satire by one of the best known Irish writers of the 20th century.

ISBN: 9781564780423

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm

Weight: 254g

179 pages

2nd Dalkey Archive ed.