Description
Hailed by critic E. F. Bleiler as a "landmark book in the history of fantasy," Mervyn Wall's classic The Unfortunate Fursey (1946) is set in 11th century Ireland, where the forces of evil have launched an assault on the monastery of Clonmacnoise. Their task is made easier by the fact that one hapless monk, the simple-minded Brother Fursey, cannot manage to pronounce the necessary words of exorcism. When the other monks discover this, the unfortunate Fursey is expelled and sets forth on the first stage of his travels, accompanied by a fantastic procession of cacodemons, hippogriffs, imps, furies, and other dreadful creatures, not to mention the elegant gentleman in black who is their commander-in-chief.
This edition includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda.
"Wildly fantastic, intensely satirical, and wickedly comic" - Irish Times
Author: Mervyn Wall
Publisher: Valancourt Books
Published: 12/05/2017
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9781943910908
ISBN10: 1943910901
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Historical
- Fiction | Occult & Supernatural
- Fiction | Classics
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