The Cripple of Inishmaan

In 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighboring island to film a documentary. No one is more excited than Cripple Billy, an unloved boy whose chief occupation has been grazing at cows and yearning for a girl who wants no part of him. For Billy is determined to cross the sea and audition for the Yank. And as news of his audacity ripples through his rumor-starved community, The Cripple of Inishmaan becomes a merciless portrayal of a world so comically cramped and mean-spirited that hope is an affront to its order.

Author: Martin McDonagh
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/08/1998
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780375705236