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020 $a9781859184899
020 $a1859184898 (hbk.)
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035 $a(OCoLC)773430770
035 $a(NNC)10810432
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050 00 $aPR6056.A75$bZ7 2012
082 04 $a823.914$223
100 1 $aGreacen, Lavinia.
245 10 $aJ.G. Farrell :$bthe making of a writer /$cLavinia Greacen.
250 $aNew expanded ed.
260 $aCork :$bCork University Press,$c2012.
300 $axxvii, 412 p., [24] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 383-401) and index.
520 $a"The life of the novelist J.G. Farrell (1935 - 1979) is almost stranger than fiction. He was a schoolboy sporting hero struck down by polio, a dedicated writer living on a shoestring who was awarded the Booker Prize in 1973, and, with his literary reputation secure and a newly-converted house on the scenic west Cork coastline, he was drowned at the age of 44 while fishing from rocks nearby. This expanded biography, interweaving letters and interviews from sources previously unknown, tells the moving story of his peripatetic life. It ranges from his childhood in Ireland to public school and university in England; from his base in London, where most of his novels took shape, to extended stays in France and the United States, and to periods spent in Mexico, India, Vietnam and Singapore. Readers will discover that Farrell's celebrated Empire Trilogy, which includes Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip, reflects his own travels and personal experiences, as well as his unique wit and imagination. This biography reveals the very private man behind the celebrated literary novelist." --from book description, Amazon.com.
600 10 $aFarrell, J. G.$q(James Gordon),$d1935-1979.
650 0 $aNovelists, English$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aNovelists, Irish$y20th century$vBiography.
852 00 $bglx$hPR6056.A75$iZ7 2012