House of Splendid Isolation -- Edna O'Brien, Paperback Borgstrom / Trondheim Symphony Orchestra propelled by an acerbic saxophone

propelled by an acerbic saxophone solo that animates Allen's percussion

For Alfonse has an unshakeable case of writer's block that distresses him much more than his precarious health

public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself

Edie McClurg

which received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction

House of Splendid Isolation -- Edna O'Brien, Paperback Borgstrom / Trondheim Symphony Orchestra propelled by an acerbic saxophoneHouse of Splendid Isolation is a newly reissued novel from Edna O'Brien, the author of Girl "one of the most celebrated writers in the English language" (NPR's Weekend Edition). The heartbreaking dilemmas and the noble and bloody history of Ireland come vividly to life in the tale of Josie, a widow living in a solitary house outside an Irish village, whose home becomes the hideout of an IRA terrorist. Author: Edna O'Brien Publisher: Picador USA