Aidan Higgins

Aidan Higgins
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Aidan Higgins by David Levine
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by Aidan Higgins
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by Aidan Higgins
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by Aidan Higgins
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Although Higgins went on to produce further novels-notably Balcony of Europe, a big, ambitious tale of a mixed group of expatriates living in Spain in the 1960s- Langrishe is without doubt his masterpiece.It is a bitter fate for a novelist to be best known for his first work.However, Higgins should keep in mind the response Joseph Heller gave to an interviewer who was crass enough to remark the fact that Heller had not managed to write anything better than his first book, Catch-22: "Who has?"

by Aidan Higgins
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by Aidan Higgins
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by Aidan Higgins
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Although Higgins went on to produce further novels,notably Balcony of Europe, a big, ambitious tale of a mixed group of expatriates living in Spain in the 1960s,Langrishe is without doubt his masterpiece.It is a bitter fate for a novelist to be best known for his first work.However, Higgins should keep in mind the response Joseph Heller gave to an interviewer who was crass enough to remark the fact that Heller had not managed to write anything better than his first book, Catch-22: "Who has?"