Getting It in the Head [Import] [Hardcover]

Mike McCormack (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 108 pages
• Publisher: Random House ebooks (October 4, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 1843450291
• ISBN-13: 978-1843450290
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hip,dark,totally twisted, yet also very human., May 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting It in the Head: Stories (Hardcover)

I don't know what it was that made me pick up this disturbing and funny book, but it was like a flash of dark light from the moment I began reading the first story. From the weird, and painful (to read) "Thomas Crumlesh", to the moving "Reach of Love", McCormack shows a twisted talent that could be compared to David Lynch. The title story is a funny, human, yet ultimately tragic and bloody portrayal of madness, fear, disgust and sibling rivalry. Mike McCormack is a writer who deserves more recognition, and I hope he gets it. Part Ian McEwan, part Edgar Allan Poe, with a little bit of Will Self thrown in for good measure, "Getting it in the Head" is one of the best debuts - indeed best books - that I have read in ages. I can hardly wait for "Crowe's Requiem", his first novel, due out in June.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poe/Whitman/Lovecraft, all in one book., February 11, 2000

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This review is from: Getting It in the Head: Stories (Hardcover)

The first story, "Gospel of Knives" just grabs you with its Lovecraftian (is that a word?) atmosphere. "Estrogen" is like something Walt Whitman might have written (for the *way* it's written, not the subject matter). "Thomas Crumlish" reads like something from Poe. And that's just three of the stories. I love this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grotesque,funny,sad,macabre.......superb!!!, May 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting It in the Head: Stories (Hardcover)

Upon reading this book you will wonder at the genius of the man and try and figure out what sort of mind can produce such a wide range of ideas and be so brilliant at putting it into words. You will be disgusted by,humoured by and in awe of McCormacks genius when you've read his first work.