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Though a few stories are on par with his earlier work, most reviews find the collection riddled with self-referential tics and self-consciousness.
1998), which is a neurological disorder characterized by repeated and involuntary body movements and vocal sounds (motor and vocal tics).
Wiltshire starts with a review of Johnson's own medical history: juvenile scrofula, poor vision in one eye, the famous “tics and gesticulations,” gout, asthma, a stroke with transient aphasia, and finally “dropsy” with death due to arteriosclerotic heart disease with congestive failure.
But essential peninsula characteristics, the tics and quirks that make us who we are, have only deepened.
Orphans with tics and dwarfs without lips or teeth ( Jack Maggs and The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith ), 10-year-old parricides and sexually abused teen-agers ( Illywhacker and The Tax Inspector )--Carey documents their stories in exhaustive, loving detail.