The Hard Life African-American and confusion of The Magician

and confusion of The Magician

Quite unlike his later postmodernist work

" Greville says

author of In the House in the Dark of the Woods

The Hard Life African-American and confusion of The MagicianBy Flann O'Brien ISBN: 9781564781413 Publication Date: 9 1 1996 Subtitled An Exegesis of Squalor, The Hard Life is a sober farce from a master of Irish comic fiction. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, the novel does involve squalorillness, alcoholism, unemployment, bodily functions, crime, illicit sexbut also investigates such diverse topics as Church history, tightrope walking, and the pressing need for public toilets for ladies. The Hard