In New York City, 1936, the legendary cartoonist Walter Geebus - self-confessed forger, back-stabber, misanthrope, and hot-goods passer - is hospitalized with a mysterious ailment. Was the old bastard poisoned - again? Although Geebus is stricken, possibly forever, his popular comic strip about an orphan boy and his smart-aleck talking dog must go on, as it has every day for the last forty years in hundreds of newspapers. But who can ghost the great Geebus and satisfy millions of avid readers who turn each morning to "Derby Dugan" for comic relief in hard times? The frantic search for a replacement begins...
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Tom De Haven teaches creative writing at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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