Widely regarded as Sorrentinos finest achievement, Mulligan Stewtakes as its subject the comic possibilities of the modern literary imagination. As avantgarde novelist Antony Lamont struggles to write a "new wave murder mystery," his frustrating emotional and sexual life wreaks havoc on his workinprogress. 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 listsas Hugh Kenner in "Harpers" wrote, "for another such virtuoso of the List youd have to resurrect Joyce." Soon, Lamonts characters (on loan from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann OBrien, 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.

Binding: Paperback;544 pages; Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing; Classification: FA; Weight: 788 g; Dimensions: 141 x 219 x 34

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