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The year is 1782; the place, London: centre of science and commerce, home to the newly rich and magnet to the desperately poor-among whom is the Giant, O'Brien, a freak of nature. He is a man of songs and stories who believes in ancient myths. He has come to London to exhibit his size for money. He Continue
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curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010
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Freak Anatomist
In the Council Room of the Royal College of Surgeons hangs the portrait by Joshua Reynolds of the 18th-century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter. It has been much darkened by the bitumen content of Reynolds’s paint, and restoration work in the Fiftie ... (read full critics)
lrb published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010
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Book review: Hilary Mantel's *The Giant, O'Brien*
The Giant, O'Brien Hilary Mantel Picador Paperback 208 pages June 2007 The Giant comes over to London from Ireland, lured by the seductive words of Joe Vance, a con man with little knack for capitalism, though he promises the Giant whatever he might ... (read full critics)