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Getting it in the Head
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Getting it in the Head
The celebrated and critically acclaimed debut short story collection from the winner of the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize and the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year 2016.
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Getting it in the Head, McCormack's celebrated debut collection, is richly imaginative, bitterly funny, powerful, and original. Here we enter a world where the infatuation with death, ruin, and destruction is total.
Set in locations ranging from New York to the west of Ireland, and to the nameless realms of the imagination, it is a world where beautiful but deranged children make lethal bombs, talented sculptors spend careers dismembering themselves in pursuit of their art, and wasters rise up with axes and turn into patricides.
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Getting it in the Head by Mike McCormack has been praised for its sharp and innovative storytelling, blending dark humour with Gothic and metaphysical elements. Critics highlight its remarkable and adventurous narratives that span diverse settings, from Ireland to Purgatory, offering a profound commentary on the twentieth century. McCormack's work is noted for its bravery and visionary quality, delivering a raw, impactful depiction of societal decline.
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ISBN: 9781786891396
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 July 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Canons
Edition: Main - Canons Imprint
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 202g
Pages: 272
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About the Author
Mike McCormack is an award-winning novelist and short story writer from Mayo. His previous work includes Notes from a Coma (2005), which was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year, and Forensic Songs (2012). In 1996 he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and in 2007 he was awarded a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship. In 2016, Solar Bones won the Goldsmiths Prize and the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year.
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