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        The Ginger Man


        setting

        Ireland

        time

        1930s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1955

        page count

        338

        difficulty

        Difficult

        main characters

        Sebestyen Dangerfield

        Rip's impressions

        Paul Bowles and James Joyce combined. It's a harder kick to the gut then clockwork––dense, emotional dialogue, laughs mixed with great meanness, and effective prose.

        first line

        It was a steep hill up to Balscaddoom.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

        literary tidbits

        I remember when I finished reading this. I felt like being nastily mean to someone on the subway, and enjoying it. Read it and you'll know what I mean.

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