Mulligan Stew

Gilbert Sorrentino

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Dalkey Archive Press
24 August 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive)

Widely regarded as Sorrentino's finest achievement, Mulligan Stewtakes as its subject the comic possibilities of the modern literary imagination. As avant-garde novelist Antony Lamont struggles to write a ""new wave murder mystery,"" his frustrating emotional and sexual life wreaks havoc on his work-in-progress. As a result, his narrative (the very book we are reading) turns into a literary ""stew"" an uproariously funny melange of journal entries, erotic poetry, parodies of all kinds, love letters, interviews, and lists-as Hugh Kenner in ""Harper's"" wrote, ""for another such virtuoso of the List you'd have to resurrect Joyce."" Soon, Lamont's characters (on loan from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann O'Brien, James Joyce, and Dashiell Hammet) take on lives of their own, completely sabotaging his narrative. Sorrentino has vastly extended the possibilities of what a novel can be in this extraordinary work, which both parodies and pays homage to the art of fiction.

By: Gilbert Sorrentino
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781628974485
ISBN 10: 1628974486
Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive)
Pages: 446
Publication Date: 24 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

In addition to his books of poetry and criticism, Gilbert Sorrentino is the author of fourteen novels, includingImaginative Qualities of Actual Things,The Sky Changes, andMulligan Stew. He has received numerous grants and awards throughout his career, including the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, two Guggenheim Fellowships, two NEA Fellowships and a Lannan Literary Award.

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Mulligan Stew is utterly dazzling. --Washington Post An abundant and extravagantly decorated display of the pleasures of the imagination. --New York Times

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