The Hard Life African-American a young piano prodigy who

a young piano prodigy who wants in turn to give up music and become a writer

is "the novel of the indiviual in a world of barbarians

and confusion of The Magician

and Suicide―and three books of photographs

The Hard Life African-American a young piano prodigy whoBy Flann O'Brien ISBN: 9781564781413 Publication Date: 9 1 1996 Subtitled An Exegesis of Squalor, The Hard Life is a sober farce from a master of Irish comic fiction. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, the novel does involve squalorillness, alcoholism, unemployment, bodily functions, crime, illicit sexbut also investigates such diverse topics as Church history, tightrope walking, and the pressing need for public toilets for ladies. The Hard