**Thirty years after _From Rockaway_ ("A great first novel" --_Harper's Bazaar_), Jill Eisenstadt returns with a darkly funny new work of fiction that exposes a city and a family at their most vulnerable.** When Sue Glassman's family needs a new home, Sue relents, after years of resisting, and agr
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β Scribed by Ericson, Corwin
- Book ID
- 107013387
- Publisher
- Dark Coast Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 395 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780984428847
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Reminiscent of Christopher Mooreβs βFlukeβ and Neil Gaimanβs βAmerican Gods,β this slightly fantastical tale is told from the perspective of ever?reluctant Orange Whippey. The story of Orangeβs involvement in the comically unnecessary Whale Network unfolds as rival whaling factions, Korean smugglers/ultra?tourists/storytellers, and a privacy advocating talking head all do their best to keep him from doing what he would ultimately prefer to do: Nothing. Set on the tiny, fictional island of Bismuth, it moves at a languid pace as Orange is dragged, far too often, to writhing lagoons, rusted ship hulks, hellish saunas, and private islands, creating a subtly farcical, always absurd setting for numerous misadventures.
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