Harry Crosbie Undernose Farm Revisited

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In this expanded edition of his original privately publishedbook of twelve stories published in December 2020, HarryCrosbie adds a further sixteen tales from the Dublin ofhis youth. Begun during lockdown, Harry harvested hisformidable memory and imagination to recreate city lifeduring the early 1960s, told through tales of the Dublin andDubliners who made up his hard-scrabble world. John Banville wrote of the original volume, 'Thesewonderfully direct and vivid tales catch the essence of Dublinlife half a century ago. They are by turns rambunctiousand touching, clear-eyed and accepting, warm thoughnever sentimental, and frequently hilarious.' Richard Fordcompared his work to the writings of Mark Twain, RingLardner and Nelson Algren. Crosbie has now fulfilled this promise with these fresh,sparkling stories, each propelled by character, ambition,need and greed, and suffused with humanity and wit. Theyare peopled by family, down-at-heel aristocrats, antiquedealers and auctioneers, their background the river andstreetlife of mid-century Dublin, its pubs and cafes, homesand institutions. Warm as coddle on a winter's night. Each tale is nuanced, spare and perfectly pitched. Partchamber music, part ballad and folktale, Undernose FarmRevisited bears the stamp of literature in the making.