Callisto: A Novel - Brossura

Krol, Torsten

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061672947 ISBN 13: 9780061672941

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2009

Riassunto

Odell Deefus--not the sharpest tool in the shed--breaks down on the side of a country road on his way to an army enlistment office in Callisto, Kansas, but when a local offers Odell a place to stay until his truck is fixed, Odell's life goes from bad to worse as one mishap after another befalls the poor, unfortunate narrator. Original.

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“Callisto is an absolute joy and a rare pleasure. A work of stark raving genius. Imagine a collaboration by Sinclair Lewis, John Kennedy Toole, and Stephen Colbert―but funnier.” (Adam Davies, author of The Frog King)

“[Odell’s] naïveté becomes a sharpened satirical tool as he confronts the flaws in the institutions he treasures... Readers...will enjoy the romp.” (Publishers Weekly)

“There’s plenty to love.... Krol’s best twist in a plot packed with them: our identification with his clumsy charmer becomes at once the scariest and most appealing thing about the book.” (New York Times Book Review)

“A witty sendup of the anxieties that make Americans so dangerous...barbed with enough tragedy to sting.... A macabre farce, a la the Coen brothers.” (Washington Post Book World)

“Funny, suspenseful, scary and, most importantly, the best portrayal of an American Innocent since Forrest Gump.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

“Callisto is wickedly well-plotted and just plain funny... Deefus is an extraordinary character...like a grown-up Holden Caulfield in a crueler, more dangerous world.” (John Barlow, author of Eating Mammals and Intoxicated)

“Odell has one of those narrative voices that grabs you out of the gate and never lets go. Think The Good Soldier Swiek with a touch of Confederacy of Dunces and maybe even a little Catcher in the Rye.” (Booklist (starred review))

“Torsten Krol pulls no punches with his modern farce.... He’s crafted the perfect foil in Odell.... Callisto is a funny, smart and well-timed novel.” (San Diego Union-Tribune)

L'autore

Torsten Krol is the author of Callisto. Nothing further is known about him.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061672947
• ISBN 13: 9780061672941
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 437