Moore, Brian (Vol. 1) - Moore, Brian 1921–
Moore, Brian 1921–
An Irish-born Canadian novelist now living in New York, Moore is the author of The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The Luck of Ginger Coffey, and The Emperor of Ice-Cream. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
With The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne and The Feast of Lupercal, Moore was apparently doing what so many Irish writers have done: left Ireland to write about it; but with The Luck of Ginger Coffey and An Answer from Limbo Moore appeared to be turning his attention to the North American scene, as he had earlier predicted in his public statements.
But with his fifth novel, The Emperor of Ice-Cream (1965), Moore in a sense has confounded the critics, for with it he returns to Belfast for his setting, and he has written one of his finest novels to date. Though it lacks some of the poignancy of The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne and some of...
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