A review by ronanmcd
More Pricks than Kicks by Samuel Beckett

4.0

There are flashes of the brilliance to come in this early text by Beckett. He plays delightfully on the moments between moments. The making of toast becomes a rite of passage, a herculean task to perfection. The book is a series of happenings, each sublime in stilted awkwardness; a social misfit meanders his way through in and out of the narratives, being challenged by a confluence of female characters.
Beckett was fascinated by Joyce and this book of pan-Dublin scenes opens a dialogue with that author's own famous book of short stories.