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...glum, pompously polysyllabic work which gets out of hand because the main character is Dermot Trellis, described as "an eccentric author," a publican who has "conceived the project of writing a salutary book on the consequences that follow wrongdoing." Trellis' characters, in turn, include Fergus MacPhellimey, a "pooka," which is some sort of leprechaun, and John Furriskey, whose task it is to attack women and behave at all times in an "indecent manner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Leprechauns & Logorrhea | 5/13/1966 | See Source »

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