MILLIGAN, SPIKE - The Murphy

London England, Virgin, 2000. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1852278692 Hardback Murphy is Irish and poor. Even by the standards of the poorest of the poor in Ireland, Murphy is poor. When Murphy wakes up one morning with the thickest of hangovers imaginable, the last thing he needs is to be whacked over the head with a frying pan. His long-suffering wife, however, takes great delight in supplying this little-appreciated wake-up call. The effect is to knock him senseless and send his mind trawling back through his misadventures over the years, reviewing hs philosophies on religion, marraige, health and every facet of his squandered life; Murphy's story serving only to prove that the luck of the Irish is not bestowed upon all the sons of the nation. Rude, irreverent and hugely funny, Spike gives full vent to his well-developed sense of the absurd, creating a catalogue of comic moments in this hilarious new novel.