The Lime Twig

The Lime Twig
Author: John Hawkes
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1961
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780811200653


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But it would be unfair to the reader to reveal what happens when a gang of professional crooks gets wind of the scheme and moves to muscle in on this bettors' dream of a long-odds situation. Worked out with all the meticulous detail, terror, and suspense of a nightmare, the tale is, on one level, comparable to a Graham Greene thriller; on another, it explores a group of people, their relationships fears, and loves. For as Leslie A. Fiedler says in his introduction, "John Hawkes.. . makes terror rather than love the center of his work, knowing all the while, of course, that there can be no terror without the hope for love and love's defeat . . . ."


The Lime Twig
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: John Hawkes
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1961 - Publisher: New Directions Publishing

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But it would be unfair to the reader to reveal what happens when a gang of professional crooks gets wind of the scheme and moves to muscle in on this bettors' d
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Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: John Hawkes
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-06-01 - Publisher: Penguin

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The Cannibal: A Novel
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: John Hawkes
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1962-01-17 - Publisher: New Directions Publishing

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Language: en
Pages: 136
Authors: John Hawkes
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1976 - Publisher: New Directions Publishing

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Language: en
Pages: 117
Authors: Cowgirlie Publishing
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-01 - Publisher:

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