The Tallystick

by Bryan MacMahon

MacMahon represents a particularly Irish form of storytelling that largely belongs to a bygone era.... These pieces are what their author believes good stories should the interesting reactions of significant characters in significant situations.--World Literature Today ""MacMahon's prose achieves a beautiful sort of preciousness. `The Telescope,' for example, which concerns an obsessed man who drags his confused new bride throughout Dublin in search of a spyglass, is the full equal of O. Henry's `The Gift of the Magi'.""--Publishers Weekly.

275 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Bryan MacMahon (29 September 1909 – 13 February 1998) was an Irish playwright, novelist and short story writer from Listowel, County Kerry. A schoolteacher by training, his works include The Lion Tamer and The Red Petticoat. He wrote an autobiography, The Master, and his works include an English translation of the Irish Gaelic autobiography of Peig Sayers.

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