The Lime Twig - Paperback
by John Hawkes
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Availability:In StockContributor:John HawkesSeries:New Directions PaperbookPublish date:1961-01-17Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811200653ISBN-10:811200655UPC:9780811200653Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Horror, Literary, CrimeSize:8.08 x 4.46 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC4FXS2003
But it would be unfair to the reader to reveal what happens when a gang of professional crooks gets wind of the scheme and moves to muscle in on this bettors' dream of a long-odds situation. Worked out with all the meticulous detail, terror, and suspense of a nightmare, the tale is, on one level, comparable to a Graham Greene thriller; on another, it explores a group of people, their relationships fears, and loves. For as Leslie A. Fiedler says in his introduction, "John Hawkes.. . makes terror rather than love the center of his work, knowing all the while, of course, that there can be no terror without the hope for love and love's defeat . . . ."
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811200653ISBN-10:811200655UPC:9780811200653Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Horror, Literary, CrimeSize:8.08 x 4.46 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC4FXS2003
Hawkes, John: - John Hawkes (1925-1998) was a postmodern novelist born in Stamford, Connecticut, and educated at Harvard University. He was noted for his unconventional style and views on the creation of literature and was admired by Flannery O'Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Saul Bellow, Anthony Burgess, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Donald Barthelme.
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