| Edition |
1st Dalkey Archive ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 168 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
British literature series |
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British literature series.
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| Summary |
"A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father..." "So begins Ann Quin's first novel. Against the backdrop of this gritty seaside town, an absurd and brutal plot develops involving three characters - Alistair Berg, his father, and their mutual mistress. In his attempt to kill his father, Berg mutilates a ventriloquist's dummy, almost falls victim to his father's mistaken sexual advances, and is relentlessly taunted by a group of tramps. Disturbing and at times startlingly comic, Berg chronicles the interrelations among these three characters as they circle one another in an escalating spiral of violence."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Note |
"A Lannan selection"--P. [4] of cover. |
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"Originally published by John Calder, 1964"--T.p. verso. |
| Subject |
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
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Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
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Mistresses -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
1564783022 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781564783028 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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