Mad Puppetstown
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A gem of Irish Anglo-Irish fiction, Mad Puppetstown chronicles the fortunes of the Easter family across generations, set against the turbulent backdrop of the Irish War of Independence and its aftermath. Written with sharp wit and lyrical precision, Molly Keane — publishing here under her pen name M. J. Farrell — presents a nostalgic yet unsentimental portrait of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy in decline. The novel captures the enchanted world of a grand Irish country house, Puppetstown, as seen through the eyes of young Easter, and the bittersweet return to a world irrevocably changed by violence and time. Keane's prose is rich with atmospheric detail and wry social observation, illustrating how an entire class clung to its rituals and traditions even as history dismantled them piece by piece. A masterwork of Irish literature, the novel stands as both an elegy for a lost way of life and a strikingly modern meditation on memory, belonging, and loss.
Author: M. J. Farrell (Molly Keane)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A gem of Irish Anglo-Irish fiction, Mad Puppetstown chronicles the fortunes of the Easter family across generations, set against the turbulent backdrop of the Irish War of Independence and its aftermath. Written with sharp wit and lyrical precision, Molly Keane — publishing here under her pen name M. J. Farrell — presents a nostalgic yet unsentimental portrait of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy in decline. The novel captures the enchanted world of a grand Irish country house, Puppetstown, as seen through the eyes of young Easter, and the bittersweet return to a world irrevocably changed by violence and time. Keane's prose is rich with atmospheric detail and wry social observation, illustrating how an entire class clung to its rituals and traditions even as history dismantled them piece by piece. A masterwork of Irish literature, the novel stands as both an elegy for a lost way of life and a strikingly modern meditation on memory, belonging, and loss.