Donkey's Years and Dog Days were the first two volumes of these remarkable memoirs, of which The Whole Hog now completes the Higgins Bestiary. This spirited and quirky penman has always set himself apart form the general grind of Irish writing and its set themes, to run along the line of the exposed nerve-system.No other Irish writer has been so obsessed with the terrain inconnu of lost or thwarted love as this odd-man-out. From salad love with Molly Cushen, to Philippa Phillips in the dunes, to a young American wife in ...
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Donkey's Years and Dog Days were the first two volumes of these remarkable memoirs, of which The Whole Hog now completes the Higgins Bestiary. This spirited and quirky penman has always set himself apart form the general grind of Irish writing and its set themes, to run along the line of the exposed nerve-system.No other Irish writer has been so obsessed with the terrain inconnu of lost or thwarted love as this odd-man-out. From salad love with Molly Cushen, to Philippa Phillips in the dunes, to a young American wife in Spain at the time of the Bay of Pigs, or a divorc???e in Copenhagen, a tax inspectress in London, the Jacaranda Street tease in Johannesburg, the mirth is barely contained
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Third volume of Higgins' excellent memoirs. Stock toned to edges, but otherwise in VG order throughout. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 400pp.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Secker & Warburg, 2000. First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine, small nick/dent on the edge of the front cover) with Dj(large tear on the edge of the front Dj cover, mark, crease, nick and scratch on the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with a b/w map inside the front and back cover. Nice and clean pages with a nick and slightly tainted on the outer edges, small nick on the edge of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.406pp. Price un-clipped.