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The lime twig
- Title
- The lime twig / by John Hawkes ; with an introduction by Leslie A. Fiedler.
- Author
- Hawkes, John, 1925-1998
- Publication
- New York, NY : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [1961]
- ©1961
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS3558.A82 A6 1961 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Fiedler, Leslie A.
- Description
- 175 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- An English horse race, the Golden Bowl at Aldington, provides the background for John Hawkes' exciting novel, The Lime Twig, which tells of an ingenious plot to steal and race a horse under a false name. But it would be unfair to the reader to reveal what happens when a gang of professional crooks gets wind of the scheme and moves to muscle in on this bettors' dream of a long-odds situation. Worked out with all the meticulous detail, terror, and suspense of a nightmare, the tale is, on one level, comparable to a Graham Greene thriller; on another, it explores a group of people, their relationships fears, and loves. For as Leslie A. Fiedler says in his introduction, "John Hawkes.. . makes terror rather than love the center of his work, knowing all the while, of course, that there can be no terror without the hope for love and love's defeat . . . ."
- Series Statement
- A New Directions book
- Uniform Title
- New Directions book
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction.
- Horror fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Horror fiction.
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0811200655
- 9780811200653
- LCCN
- 60014719
- OCLC
- ocm00284643
- 284643
- SCSB-581170
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library