{"product_id":"dead-as-doornails-paperback","title":"Dead as Doornails - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Cronin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoss Ufberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead as Doornails\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, first published in 1976, brings back into print a true classic of Irish memoir. Anthony Cronin's account of life in post-war literary Dublin is as funny and colorful as one would expect from an intimate of Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh l, and Flann O'Brien.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead as Doornails\u003c\/em\u003e is a clear-eyed and bracing antidote to the kitsch that passes for literary history and memory in the Dublin of today. Cronin writes with remarkable subtlety of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink, the shortage of sex, the insecurity and begrudgery, the painful limitations of cultural life, and the bittersweet pull of exile. We read of a comical sojourn in France with Behan, and of Cronin's years in London as a literary editor and a friend of the writer Julian Maclaren-Ross and the painters Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun. The generation chronicled by Cronin was one of wasted promise. That waste is redressed through the shimmering prose of \u003cem\u003eDead as Doornails\u003c\/em\u003e, earning its place in Irish literary history alongside the best works of Behan, Kavanagh, and O'Brien.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Cronin\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of Ireland's most influential writers. He was the author of novels, criticism, poetry, and acclaimed biographies of Flann O'Brien, Samuel Beckett, and himself. He passed away in December 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoss Ufberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, translator, and cofounder of New Vessel Press. He has written about Irish literature for the New Yorker, baseball and books for The Wall Street Journal, religious pilgrimage in Ukraine for Vice, and more. His novel about a fictional Jewish baseball team, \u003cem\u003eThe Lions of Zion\u003c\/em\u003e, was serialized in The Forward. Among his translations are the \u003cem\u003eThe Good Life Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e by Vladimir Lorchenkov, translated from Russian, and \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Twentysomethings\u003c\/em\u003e by Marek Hlasko, translated from Polish, along with many short stories and poems published in a wide variety of magazines and journals. In his spare time, Ufberg is also an attorney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48429607583993,"sku":"9781628976434","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Tl8mNs3xgJ9781628976434.webp?v=1779440024","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dead-as-doornails-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}