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Mulligan Stew by Gilbert Sorrentino (2023, Trade Paperback)

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Mulligan Stew (Dalkey Essentials Series) by Sorrentino, Gilbert [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDeep Vellum Publishing

ISBN-101628974486

ISBN-139781628974485

eBay Product ID (ePID)6057296867

Product Key Features

Book TitleMulligan Stew

Number of Pages446 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicEpistolary, Satire, Humorous / General

GenreFiction

AuthorGilbert Sorrentino

Book SeriesDalkey Archive Essentials Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight23.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"An abundant and extravagantly decorated display of the pleasures of the imagination."-- New York Times

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisWidely regarded as Sorrentino's finest achievement, Mulligan Stew takes as its subject the comic possibilities of the modern literary imagination. As avant-garde novelist Antony Lamont struggles to write a "new wave murder mystery," his frustrating emotional and sexual life wreaks havoc on his work-in-progress. As a result, his narrative (the very book we are reading) turns into a literary "stew" an uproariously funny melange of journal entries, erotic poetry, parodies of all kinds, love letters, interviews, and lists--as Hugh Kenner in "Harper's" wrote, "for another such virtuoso of the List you'd have to resurrect Joyce." Soon, Lamont's characters (on loan from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann O'Brien, James Joyce, and Dashiell Hammet) take on lives of their own, completely sabotaging his narrative. Sorrentino has vastly extended the possibilities of what a novel can be in this extraordinary work, which both parodies and pays homage to the art of fiction., Widely regarded as Sorrentino's finest achievement, Mulligan Stew takes as its subject the comic possibilities of the modern literary imagination. As avant-garde novelist Antony Lamont struggles to write a "new wave murder mystery," his frustrating emotional and sexual life wreaks havoc on his work-in-progress. As a result, his narrative (the very book we are reading) turns into a literary "stew" an uproariously funny melange of journal entries, erotic poetry, parodies of all kinds, love letters, interviews, and lists-as Hugh Kenner in "Harper's" wrote, "for another such virtuoso of the List you'd have to resurrect Joyce." Soon, Lamont's characters (on loan from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann O'Brien, James Joyce, and Dashiell Hammet) take on lives of their own, completely sabotaging his narrative. Sorrentino has vastly extended the possibilities of what a novel can be in this extraordinary work, which both parodies and pays homage to the art of fiction.

LC Classification NumberPS3569.O7