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Time's Fool - by Glyn Maxwell (Paperback)

Name: Time's Fool - by Glyn Maxwell (Paperback)
Brand: Ecco Press
SKU: 1001840386
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Time's Fool tells the tale of Edmund Lea, a young man condemned to eternity alone until he determines how to lift the curse upon him.
Author(s): Glyn Maxwell
416 Pages
Poetry, European

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About the Book

Time's Fool tells the tale of Edmund Lea, a young man condemned to eternity alone until he determines how to lift the curse upon him. Edmund perpetually rides a phantom train -- except on Christmas Eve every seven years, when he is allowed to revisit his English hometown. He tries to break the spell by way of love, repentance, and death -- all in vain. Time passes, from 1970 to 2019, but Edmund remains seventeen, unable to age but watching the world grow older. Infused with a dark humor and an almost unbearable nostalgia, Time's Fool is a brilliant achievement, classic yet hip, stylized yet inventive (Scotsman).

Book Synopsis

Time's Fool tells the tale of Edmund Lea, a young man condemned to eternity alone until he determines how to lift the curse upon him. Edmund perpetually rides a phantom train -- except on Christmas Eve every seven years, when he is allowed to revisit his English hometown. He tries to break the spell by way of love, repentance, and death -- all in vain. Time passes, from 1970 to 2019, but Edmund remains seventeen, unable to age but watching the world grow older. Infused with a dark humor and an almost unbearable nostalgia, Time's Fool is a brilliant achievement, "classic yet hip, stylized yet inventive" (Scotsman).

Review Quotes

"Glyn Maxwell has learned to do what all good poets do -- he makes a world fresh again, a world you never knew existed." --William Logan, NEW CRITERION

"Maxwell has the dramatist's skill to set his characters in motion and orchestrate them . . . and the poet's knack for rhythmical pathos."

Guardian

"Beautiful and moving and authentic poetry can be written today; and we know this not least because Glyn Maxwell is writing it."

New Republic

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.98 Inches (H) x 5.54 Inches (W) x 1.02 Inches (D)

Weight: .99 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 416

Genre: Poetry

Sub-Genre: European

Publisher: Ecco Press

Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Format: Paperback

Author: Glyn Maxwell

Language: English

Street Date: September 24, 2002

TCIN: 1001840386

UPC: 9780618257560

Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-8391

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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