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Gallows and other tales of suspicion and obsession / John Arden

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Dublin] : Original Writing, [2009]Description: vii, 506 p. ; 22 cm + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9781907179198
  • 9781907179198
Subject(s): Summary: John Arden, now entering his 80th year, has produced another glorious collection of stories. "Gallows" mingles black comedy with melodrama to probe the underside of Irish and English history from the 17th century to the 21st. The title-piece is a ghost story set in contemporary Galway: a nightmare of ghastly slaughter resurfacing from the era of the Penal Laws
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Fiction Fiction ATU Dublin Road Fiction FIC. ARD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G115260

DVD of a short documentary of Arden talking about his influences ... filmed and produced by his son Finn Arden

John Arden, now entering his 80th year, has produced another glorious collection of stories. "Gallows" mingles black comedy with melodrama to probe the underside of Irish and English history from the 17th century to the 21st. The title-piece is a ghost story set in contemporary Galway: a nightmare of ghastly slaughter resurfacing from the era of the Penal Laws

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