{"product_id":"the-bump-on-brannigans-head","title":"The Bump on Brannigan's Head","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBy Myles Connolly | Introduction and Notes by Stephen Mirarchi, Ph.D.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bump on Brannigan’s Head\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e published twenty-two years after Connolly’s best-selling \u003ci\u003eMr. Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, tells of the transformation of Whittiersville. \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe brash, boisterous Tom Brannigan is anything but a likely candidate for sainthood. But a bump on the head from his garage door brings Brannigan to an encounter with one of the key challenges of the Gospel: love your enemies. Brannigan finds that he must approach ordinary interactions with a new heart—treating his noisy neighbors with kindness, forgiving those who hurt him, and preaching the Gospel to his fellow townspeople. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eStephen Mirarchi, as he did with Connolly’s \u003ci\u003eMr. Blue \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDan England and the Noonday Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, adeptly explains the novel’s literary structure, discusses its critical reception, and describes its place in the canon of great literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eIn the Brannigan home on Orchard Street, the sound of Brannigan’s voice raised in argument could be heard, but, Brannigan being Brannigan, there was no reason to consider this anything unusual…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyles Connolly (1897–1964) \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Hollywood writer and producer with more than forty film credits to his name and several others uncredited. He published a collection of short stories and four novels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Mirarchi, Ph.D., \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of English at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He is editor of three Myles Connolly novels in the Cluny Classics series and has published numerous articles in academic journals, popular magazines, and newspapers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1944418694\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51320568643872,"sku":"978-1944418694","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/Product11.jpg?v=1773075980","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/the-bump-on-brannigans-head","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}