The Beetle Leg A Novel
, by Hawkes, JohnNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780811200622 | 0811200620
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/17/1951
The Beetle Leg, John Hawkes's second full-length novel, was first published by New Directions in 1951. After years of underground existence, this brilliant novel is emerging as a classic of visionary writing and still remains Hawkes's only work devoted solely to American life. As a 'surrealist Western" (Newsweek), and a violent and poetic portrayal of "a landscape of sexual apathy" (Albert J. Guerard), The Beetle Leg is a rich flight into the special vein of comedy that Hawkes had begun to exploit a decade before the popular acceptance of "black humor."