Hardcover
1927 · New York
by O'Flaherty, Liam
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1927. American Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. NOISBN . [good solid book, a little soiling to rear board; jacket slightly chipped at top corners and both ends of spine, moderate soiling, striking front panel illustration unblemished] The title character is "a strong man, morally debased by idleness and drink, existing on the fringe of the underworld in Dublin. He falls in love with a girl who strays from the streets into his life, and this love for a weak woman fixes its talons in his heart and eventually destroys them both." Another Irish laughfest by the author of "The Informer." Reproduces the striking jacket portrait of Gilhooley from the first U.K. edition (Jonathan Cape, 1926), by John Austen -- although printed in such a way as to partially obliterate his signature. . (Inventory #: 22599)