The Meat Eaters
$21.17
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
30 September 1999
Summary
Michael Collins’s stories are about Ireland, about the Irish as they are and as they would like to be imagined. In the title story we see the fatal consequences of self-deception. Posing as a nationalist hero, a young man travels to America with a suitcase full of meat. The warm welcome he expects swiftly dematerialises as he awakes to the grim realities of life in hiding. The vivid, surreal splendour of the writing allied with images of real people - the struggling widow, the careless fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753807569 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753807564 |
| Author: | Michael Collins |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Phoenix |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 30 September 1999 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Michael Collins
Michael Collins was born in 1964 in Limerick, Ireland. He is the author of six novels, and two collections of short stories. His work has garnered numerous awards, including a Pushcart Award for Best American Short Stories, The Kerry Ingredients Irish Novel of the Year, along with being shortlisted for The Booker Prize and IMPAC Prize. Collins is also an extreme athlete and has won The Last Marathon in the Antarctic and set a record time in winning both The Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race and The Everest Challenge Marathon. He is currently training for The North Pole Marathon in 2006. /
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