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- ISBN 9781905177271
- Weight: 259g
- Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jan 2011
- Publisher: Montag & Martin Limited
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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An extraordinary collection of essays on literature and contemporary culture. Gripping, irreverent, smart and entirely original. Passionate about literature, O'Joyce frequently goes out of his way to antagonize a literary establishment that places profit and political correctness before artistic vision. His blunt language may put off some readers, but Joyce will not put anyone to sleep. The health of literary criticism in America today depends on voices like his. Library Journal
"I type on old typewriter because most of the year I live where there is no electricity: mountains of Dominican Republic or rainforest in Costa Rica. . . . [in regard to new work] I have a critical piece built around new play in London in which a writer blackmails his agent but my notion is that we are really dealing with massive breakdowns in language." For a bio he says: "Guillermo O'Joyce has published 11 books of poetry, fiction, and essays through small presses. They are all out of print. One of those - Miller, Bukowski & Their Enemies, essays - is supposed to be reprinted by Pinter & Martin, London."
