A debut collection of short stories, set in various locations which range from New York and the west of Ireland to nameless realms of the imagination. As the distinction between the stories' victors and victims becomes blurred, all roads lead to violence and the only gravity is deathwards.
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Mike McCormack was born in 1965 and now lives in the west of Ireland. Getting It in the Head won the 1995 Rooney Prize.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a fantastic collection of short stories of the non-childish variety!! If you are into the likes of Irvine Welsh and drug-related stories, then you'll love this book. With the some of the most imaginative writing that I've seen, these stories could figure in a hybrid episode of the X-files and The Twilight Zone. Just try it...
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Hip,dark,totally twisted, yet also very human.
27 May 1998
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I don't know what it was that made me pick up this disturbing and funny book, but it was like a flash of dark light from the moment I began reading the first story. From the weird, and painful (to read) "Thomas Crumlesh", to the moving "Reach of Love", McCormack shows a twisted talent that could be compared to David Lynch. The title story is a funny, human, yet ultimately tragic and bloody portrayal of madness, fear, disgust and sibling rivalry. Mike McCormack is a writer who deserves more recognition, and I hope he gets it. Part Ian McEwan, part Edgar Allan Poe, with a little bit of Will Self thrown in for good measure, "Getting it in the Head" is one of the best debuts - indeed best books - that I have read in ages. I can hardly wait for "Crowe's Requiem", his first novel, due out in June.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Poe/Whitman/Lovecraft, all in one book.
11 Feb 2000
By Patrick Carroll
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The first story, "Gospel of Knives" just grabs you with its Lovecraftian (is that a word?) atmosphere. "Estrogen" is like something Walt Whitman might have written (for the *way* it's written, not the subject matter). "Thomas Crumlish" reads like something from Poe. And that's just three of the stories. I love this book.
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Grotesque,funny,sad,macabre.......superb!!!
8 May 1998
By A Customer
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Format:Hardcover
Upon reading this book you will wonder at the genius of the man and try and figure out what sort of mind can produce such a wide range of ideas and be so brilliant at putting it into words. You will be disgusted by,humoured by and in awe of McCormacks genius when you've read his first work.
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