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Description for A Wild People
Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelfwear. Toned, text is clear and crisp and remains a fine copy
'She was too old for you,' TJ Quill's friend, Liz, says about his Italian mistress. 'Not that old,' TJ protests. 'At least two thousand years,' Liz says. It's a warning. Josie might be untameable - a slippery madonna who presents a different face to each beholder - but she's often left standing by the rest of TJ's friends. Perhaps it is true that, as the Kerry poet, the Oozer Kenirons, declares, the Irish are only three generations away from the old bog road, the tenement and back lane, and are busy reinventing themselves. Certainly the cast of A Wild People ... Read more
'She was too old for you,' TJ Quill's friend, Liz, says about his Italian mistress. 'Not that old,' TJ protests. 'At least two thousand years,' Liz says. It's a warning. Josie might be untameable - a slippery madonna who presents a different face to each beholder - but she's often left standing by the rest of TJ's friends. Perhaps it is true that, as the Kerry poet, the Oozer Kenirons, declares, the Irish are only three generations away from the old bog road, the tenement and back lane, and are busy reinventing themselves. Certainly the cast of A Wild People ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
1st Edition
Yes
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780413759603
SKU
KSG0027453
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonard was born in Dublin. He is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, and was Literary Editor at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1976-77. He lives in Dalkey in County Dublin.
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