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The horse's mouth by Joyce Cary · Booklabria

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The horse's mouth

Man-woman relationshipsEnglish

The horse's mouth

Name: The horse's mouth
Author: Joyce Cary

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First published: 1944
Editions: 59 in 3 languages

Synopsis

Painter hero, the charming and larcenous Gulley Jimson, has an insatiable genius for creation and a no less remarkable appetite for destruction. Is he a great artist? a has-been? or an exhausted, drunken ne'er-do-well? He is without doubt a visionary, and as he criss-crosses London in search of money and inspiration the world as seen though his eyes appears with a newly outrageous and terrible beauty.

Subjects: Man-woman relationships
English
Artists
Painters
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Community mental health services
Set in: London

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59 in 3 languages

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English45 Hebrew1 Russian1

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