No news at throat lake / (Record no. 10306)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | ASIN0671785400 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20110910061501.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 110910s2000 xxu eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0671785400 (hardcover) |
| Terms of availability | $23.95 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780671785406 (hardcover) |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 070.92 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Donegan, Lawrence. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | No news at throat lake / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Lawrence Donegan. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First Edition ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New yolk : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Atria Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 272 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Deckle Edge. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Lawrence Donegan's dream is a modest one, really. An intrepid journalist, acclaimed author, erstwhile pop-music star, and drolly anthropological social critic, Donegan longs for the quiet life, far from the crowds, filth, and all-around dreariness of big-city life. Here, then, is the hilarious, sharp-edged, and oddly touching account of one man's pursuit of his own private, seemingly simple escape to a tiny Irish town. Once he has carefully selected a wardrobe to suit such an ambitious urban exodus (boxer shorts or Y-fronts?), anguished over the perfect soundtrack for his sabbatical (Duran Duran or Blonde on Blonde?), and bidden extended farewells to fond friends (total time elapsed: six minutes), our hero is unmoored at last, faced with a seemingly limitless array of possible destinations. His choice? Where else but the exceedingly rural, and reputedly quaint, Irish village of Creeslough? After dabbling briefly-and bloodily-in the exotic world of Creeslough-style farming (he dubs his experience "Quentin Tarantino's All Creatures Great and Small"), Donegan decides to flex his bigcity writing chops. He lands a job at the Tirconaill Tribune, a blindly idealistic, libel-slinging tabloid run by two men and a dog. No News At Throat Lake is the charming story of a passionate love affair between the big-city hack and the small-time rag. It ponders the question that every foreigner wants to know about Ireland -- what's it like to live there, anyway? -- as well as some unexpected curiosities: Does Meryl Streep drink Guinness? What's it like to produce a newspaper with a dead body in the house? And what's the story behind Stinky, the dead whale? Sublimely funny and effortlessly hip, No News At Throat Lake is an altogether refreshing memoir of Irish life and times -- from one of the most wickedly observant talents writing today. |
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