This funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David Lizard Hochmeyer s larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents deaths. It s a journey laden with pro football stars, a master chef and his beautiful transvestite lover, a world-famous ballerina and her English rocker husband, and a sister who s as brilliant as she is unstable. A wildly entertaining, plot-twisting novel of murder, seduction, and revenge--rich in incident, expansive in character, and lavish in setting"--Life Among Giants"is an exhilarating adventure. Editors pick for Amazon s Best of 2012
"Shelf Awareness"Top Ten Best Fiction of 2012
"Columbus Dispatch" s Top Books of 2012"
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This funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David Lizard Hochmeyer s larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents deaths. It s a journey laden with pro football stars, a master chef and his beautiful transvestite lover, a world-famous ballerina and her English rocker husband, and a sister who s as brilliant as she is unstable. A wildly entertaining, plot-twisting novel of murder, seduction, and revenge--rich in incident, expansive in character, and lavish in setting"--Life Among Giants"is an exhilarating adventure. Editors pick for Amazon s Best of 2012
"Shelf Awareness"Top Ten Best Fiction of 2012
"Columbus Dispatch" s Top Books of 2012"
Imprint | Algonquin Books |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | November 2012 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | November 2012 |
Authors | Bill Roorbach |
Dimensions | 229 x 160 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards |
Pages | 352 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-61620-076-3 |
Barcode | 9781616200763 |
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LSN | 1-61620-076-6 |