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Description for Middle Murphy
Paperback. Series: Sunsinger Books/Illinois Short Fiction S. Num Pages: 152 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
These stories mark the return of Mark Costello's now-legendary creation Michael Murphy, the character who first appeared in the acclaimed collection The Murphy Stories. Joyce Carol Oates wrote in the Washington Post Book World, "Murphy is a Midwestern cousin of Donleavy's Ginger Man, but much more human and troubled. . . . It is a remarkable achievement, the presentation of a complex, suffering, self-conscious, and very lyric personality as he endures his own being."
These stories mark the return of Mark Costello's now-legendary creation Michael Murphy, the character who first appeared in the acclaimed collection The Murphy Stories. Joyce Carol Oates wrote in the Washington Post Book World, "Murphy is a Midwestern cousin of Donleavy's Ginger Man, but much more human and troubled. . . . It is a remarkable achievement, the presentation of a complex, suffering, self-conscious, and very lyric personality as he endures his own being."
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Series
Sunsinger Books/Illinois Short Fiction S.
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252063190
SKU
V9780252063190
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Mark Costello
Mark Costello is a native of Decatur, Illinois. He taught in the English department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His stories have appeared in The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction and Best American Short Stories.
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