Corrigan [Import] [Hardcover]

Caroline Blackwood (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd.; First Edition edition (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0434074675
• ISBN-13: 978-0434074679
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprising (and hilarious), December 20, 2002

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coco jones (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corrigan (Hardcover)

A bacchanal and major home renovations ensue when a bewheelchaired stranger crunches up the gravel driveway of a wealthy widow.

Corrigan, while fundraising for the handicapped in the English countryside, rolls into the heart and home of lonely Mrs. Blunt, much to the chagrin of her streetwise housekeeper and the daughter who stands to inherit her wealth.

Brilliantly concise and characterized by a dry and confident wit, Corrigan is charming, hilarious, and rage-inducing all at once. Note of interest: Blackwood picked up writing as a hobby when she was in her forties and married to poet Robert Lowell.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Luck of the Irish, June 14, 2011

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JAK "jk" (nj) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corrigan (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)

Caroline Blackwood was a human disaster.That might have been what it took to write this brilliant , funny novel.It's the kind of book that makes you wish it's author had been prolific .Unfortunately , there isn't much more.There isn't much of a plot here.I suppose you'd call this a psychological tale.The characters interaction is consistently fascinating.I highly recommend this novel to readers of Hilary Mantel, Alice Thomas Ellis and Muriel Spark.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sly, witty, compassionate and surprising, November 28, 2006

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This review is from: Corrigan (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)

Caroline Blackwood's "Corrigan" is sly, witty and surprisingly compassionate. Loved it. The perfect read for anytime you can spend some quality time with a novel. Finest kind indeed.