| Spectacular Happiness Contributor(s): Kramer, Peter D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743223241 ISBN-13: 9780743223249 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: Finding himself the idealized center of a media circus, a terrorist who is also an English professor recounts his exploits in a letter to his estranged son. In this fictional debut, the author of "Listening to Prozac" brilliantly illuminates contemporary sensibilities and their often astonishing effects on the way lives unfold. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001020790 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.36" W x 8.12" (0.72 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A daring, controversial novel that The New York Times hailed as good fun and full of rewarding surprises, Spectacular Happiness entertains while raising challenging questions about what constitutes the good life. Booklist calls it a stunning first novel. Chip Samuels is an English teacher, part-time handyman, and devoted husband and father. He is also a one-man protest movement. Egged on by an ex-girlfriend, Chip has been blowing up trophy homes along the beaches of Cape Cod. The fastidiously crafted explosions capture the public's imagination -- and rather than being reviled as a terrorist, he finds himself the idealized center of a media circus. Darkly intelligent, provocative, and compelling, Spectacular Happiness has been praised both as riveting storytelling and as masterful social criticism by one of the most respected observers of contemporary American culture. |