The Beetle Leg (New Directions Paperback)

The Beetle Leg (New Directions Paperback)

<p><strong>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.</strong></p><em>The Beetle Leg</em>, 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" (<em>Newsweek</em>), and a violent and poetic portrayal of "a landscape of sexual apathy" (Albert J. Guerard), <em>The Beetle Leg</em> 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."