Description
Elvis is young . . . he is the place where music and sex meet . . . he is the dancer and the dance.
The stories in Jim’s Elvis are mostly concerned with love affairs between men and women and their search for somewhere ‘to go back to come out from, live in for a while’.
Colleen Reilly’s characters are often ruled by their passions and stalked by the shadow of Catholicism. Hers is an uncompromising voice, exposing the complex, often hidden currents in relationships and the corrosive loneliness of the individual.
Colleen Reilly’s first novel, The Deputy Head, was published in 1986, and Christine, her second novel, was published to wide acclaim in 1988. Maurice Gee wrote of Christine: “. . . this novel is rich in what I call ‘special knowledge’ . . .“ Jim’s Elvis is Reilly’s first collection of short fiction.
Stories are:
Jim’s Elvis
Invention
Good Friday
About Vivienne
For Andrew
A Summer
A Death
Robert & Evan
Umbrella
Animal Story
Ghost Story
Softcover, 112 pages. In excellent pre-loved condition.