Wild Grow the Lilies

by Christy Brown

Overview

Irish journalist Luke Sheridan, newly jilted, sets out to cover the story of a poisoning gone awry and ends up in a boisterous party tht moves at the pace of the Keystone Kops set loose in a fun house. From Madame Lala's house of pleasure, with her most alluring "girl" Babysoft, and Count Fustenhalter, the designated murder victim, through gallons of drink and hours of orgy, we are exposed to a multi-bedroom farce of the good, old-fashioned, earthy, laugh-out-loud kind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812824704
Publisher:	Stein & Day
Publication date:	01/01/1976
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.48(w) x 7.82(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Christy Brown (1932-1981) is the author of a memoir My Left Foot (made into a movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis) and the novels Down All the Days and A Shadow on Summer.

Editorial Reviews

The legendary Irish capital has never seemed more fascinating, a city of wild moods, populated by exotic women and mysterious leprechauns. Brown writes with an exuberant, almost savange, spirit. ...[He] equals and at times surpasses his earlier triumph, Down All the Days.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A boozy, boisterous Dublin newspaperman indulges in drink and sex on the job. ``Brown ( My Left Foot ) seems to possess limitless stores of energy. In torrents of talk, bursts of song and verse, he submerges us in scenes reminiscent of those non-stop binges in Donleavy and Cary. Reader reactions will vary: some charmed by the blarney; others bored by the logorrhea,'' advised PW. (Aug.)

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