Poe Ballantine

God Clobbers Us All

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SET AGAINST THE DECAYING HALLS of a San Diego rest home in the 1970s, God Clobbers Us All is the shimmering, hysterical, and melancholy account of eighteen-year-old surfer-boy orderly, Edgar Donahoe, and his struggles with romance, death, friendship, and an ill-advised affair with the wife of a maladjusted war veteran. All of Edgar's problems become mundane, however, when he and his lesbian Blackfoot nurse's aide best friend become responsible for the disappearance of their fellow worker after an LSD party gone awry. Ballantine's own brand of delicious quirkiness and storytelling is smooth and compelling, and God Clobbers Us All is guaranteed… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-9716915-4-4
EAN: 9780971691544
Produktnummer: 9752398
Verlag: Hawthorne Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 191 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.1 cm 263 g
Gewicht: 263
Sonstiges: Ab 13 - 17 J.

Über den Autor

POE BALLANTINE currently lives in Chadron, Nebraska. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Sun, Kenyon Review, and The Coal City Review. In addition to garnering numerous Pushcart and O. Henry nominations, Ballantine's work has been included in the The Best American Short Stories 1998 and The Best American Essay 2006 anthologies.