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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This was absolutely excellent. I read Slaughtermatic and thought it was kind of over the top and incomprehensible way too often. But this was just smart and over the top. It's hard to imagine exactly how he writes like this. It's like stream of consciousness (which is often boring or disjointed) but edited and cohesive. There are characters and each one stays "in character". You begin to know what to expect (even if it is the unexpected) and each is so interesting that it's hard to pick a favorite. Each vignette is more absurd than the last but together they form a complete story. Some have interesting story seeds that could be the entire premise for a novel, others are just funny and mischievous. Here's some dialogue, if you like this you'll love this book: "You were referred to me by Mr. Roger Lang," said Father. "What can you say to redeem yourself?" "I would like a room here." "You and a million others. How old are you Mr. Mandible?" "Thirty four." "Correct. Do you heal quickly?" "In a flash,. Unless the wound is open, as with a triangular chunk blade." "Or a tubular coral injury," suggested Father, "sustained off the Hawaiian Islands." "Precisely." sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Bigot Hall is the nightmare home of a family most people would rather forget. Uncle Burst¿s belief that his face is made of pasta is one of the milder notions with which he regales the family. Uncle Snapper is confined to a treehouse because of the uncontrollable urges he feels once is gun is loaded. Uncle Blute drowned in the lake at the wheel of his Morris Traveller, where he remains perfectly preserved. And Nanny Jack refuses all efforts to bury her and strikes terror into her relatives¿ hearts as she abandons yet another final resting place. Throughout this happy breed strolls a nameless anti-hero, who, when not kidnapped by clowns or puzzling out the fossilised family tree, is passionately in love with his spaced-out sister, Adrienne . . . Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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