Hall, Oakley
Warlock (New York Review Books Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781590171615
- author:
- Hall, Oakley
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- NYRB Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Pages:
- 488
- Dimensions:
- 27mm X 204mm
- Genre:
- Fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Warlock is a raw and humorous novel that presents a devastating picture of American unreality. First published in the 1950s, it is a lasting contribution to American fiction, revisiting and reworking traditional Western conventions. In this novel, the traditional hero is transmogrified into a gunfighter who is summoned to a town to be a hero, but finds that he cannot live up to his image. The novel explores the flaws in the hero's character and the assumptions that have allowed his image to exist. It also delves into the collective awareness that society is frail and precarious, and can be snuffed out and assimilated back into the desert as easily as a corpse can. This novel is a powerful exploration of the human condition, revealing the abysses that lie beneath the surface of American society.
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