Moore, Brian (Vol. 3) - Moore, Brian 1921–
Moore, Brian 1921–
An Irish-born Canadian novelist now residing in California, Moore writes novels that are traditional in form and often richly humorous. He is the author of The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn, The Emperor of Ice-Cream, and Catholics. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
Something of the old horror of Moore's first novel, Judith Hearne, is present in … Fergus. What she endured on the level of the unsophisticated loser, his new hero—a writer named Fergus Fadden—experiences on the level of the knowing professional.
Fergus is an Irish-born novelist and screenwriter, divorced, who lives in Los Angeles with a girl a generation younger than himself. One day his long-dead father suddenly appears in his living room. Almost immediately, other relatives start turning up—mother, aunt, sister—as well as various friends and acquaintances. They accuse Fergus of the sin that eats...
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