Port Mungo by Patrick McGrath

Port Mungo

Patrick McGrath

What does society owe an artist? How should we acknowledge genius? How do families cope with a genius in their midst? This story is about demands and sacrifice, and how no man is an island. John Donne would love it

Extract
The next day she came home with her head a mess of tufts and spikes, having had all her lovely hair cut off by a kid she'd met in Washington Square Park. I was very shocked by it.
Parallels
  • Clara by Janice Galloway
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevallier
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