Mike McCormack
In stories like "A Is for Axe, " "Dead Man's Fuel, " "The Stained Glass Violations, " "Amor Vincit Omnia, " and the dazzling title piece, McCormack shows a mesmerizing range and dark-hued, neo-Gothic vision. Set in various locations, from New York to the west coast of Ireland to the nameless realms of the imagination, his stories conjure a world where beautiful but deranged kids make lethal bombs, where talented sculptors spend their careers dismembering themselves in pursuit of their art, where wasters ris up with axes and turn into patricides. "Getting It in the Head" is a brilliant, bracing tour de force.
Short Stories,Fiction,European Literature,Irish Literature
Getting It in the Head: Stories