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'''A Talent for Loving''', published in 1961, was the fourth novel by [[Richard Condon]] and one of the books that inspired a brief cult for his strenuously off-beat works. | '''A Talent for Loving''', published in 1961, was the fourth novel by [[Richard Condon]] and one of the books that inspired a brief cult for his strenuously off-beat works. | ||
==Title== | |||
The title, as is the case in five of Condon's first six books, is derived from the first line of a typical bit of Condonian doggerel that supposedly comes from a fictitious ''[[The Keener's Manual|Keener's Manual]]'' mentioned in many of his earlier novels: | |||
::''The riches I bring you<br/> | |||
::''Crowding and shoving,<br/> | |||
::''Are the envy of princes:<br/> | |||
::''A talent for loving.<br/> | |||
The verse is found as an [[epigraph]] on a blank page five pages after the title page and four pages before the beginning of the text.<ref>''A Talent for Loving; or, The Great Cowboy Race'', paperback edition, Ballantine Books, New York, 1978, ISBN 0-345-25767-7</ref> | |||
==Theme== | |||
==Characters== | |||
==Typical Condon quirks and characteristics== | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 18:05, 16 April 2010
A Talent for Loving, published in 1961, was the fourth novel by Richard Condon and one of the books that inspired a brief cult for his strenuously off-beat works.
Title
The title, as is the case in five of Condon's first six books, is derived from the first line of a typical bit of Condonian doggerel that supposedly comes from a fictitious Keener's Manual mentioned in many of his earlier novels:
- The riches I bring you
- Crowding and shoving,
- Are the envy of princes:
- A talent for loving.
- The riches I bring you
The verse is found as an epigraph on a blank page five pages after the title page and four pages before the beginning of the text.[1]
Theme
Characters
Typical Condon quirks and characteristics
References
- ↑ A Talent for Loving; or, The Great Cowboy Race, paperback edition, Ballantine Books, New York, 1978, ISBN 0-345-25767-7