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The valet and reluctant confidant to a Howard Hughes-like tycoon, Herman Louse discovers that his compulsive employer's carefully constructed environment is threatened by a conspiracy that may end in his freedom. A first novel.
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"Funny, twisted and refreshingly grim . . . part Philip K. Dick [and] part Todd Haynes."--"Time Out" (New York)
"Reminiscent of other satirical fables, from George Orwell's "1984" to Donald Antrim's black-comic "Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World . . . ""Louse" sticks to you for its wit and imaginative vision."--"The New York Times Book Review
""Creepy, poetic and funny . . . ["Louse"] exerts a hold as undeniable as it is indecipherable."--"Los Angeles Times
""Splendid . . . A nervily funny addition to the shelf of great amnesia fiction."--Jonathan Lethem
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"Reminiscent of other satirical fables, from George Orwell's "1984" to Donald Antrim's black-comic "Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World . . . ""Louse" sticks to you for its wit and imaginative vision."--"The New York Times Book Review
""Creepy, poetic and funny . . . ["Louse"] exerts a hold as undeniable as it is indecipherable."--"Los Angeles Times
""Splendid . . . A nervily funny addition to the shelf of great amnesia fiction."--Jonathan Lethem
Funny, twisted and refreshingly grim . . . part Philip K. Dick [and] part Todd Haynes. "Time Out (New York)"
Reminiscent of other satirical fables, from George Orwell's "1984" to Donald Antrim's black-comic "Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World . . . ""Louse" sticks to you for its wit and imaginative vision. "The New York Times Book Review"
Creepy, poetic and funny . . . ["Louse"] exerts a hold as undeniable as it is indecipherable. "Los Angeles Times"
Splendid . . . A nervily funny addition to the shelf of great amnesia fiction. "Jonathan Lethem""
"Funny, twisted and refreshingly grim . . . part Philip K. Dick [and] part Todd Haynes." --Time Out (New York)
"Reminiscent of other satirical fables, from George Orwell's 1984 to Donald Antrim's black-comic Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World . . . Louse sticks to you for its wit and imaginative vision." --The New York Times Book Review
"Creepy, poetic and funny . . . [Louse] exerts a hold as undeniable as it is indecipherable." --Los Angeles Times
"Splendid . . . A nervily funny addition to the shelf of great amnesia fiction." --Jonathan Lethem
DAVID GRAND is the author of The Disappearing Body and Mount Terminus. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and twin sons.
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- PublisherArcade Pub
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1559704497
- ISBN 13 9781559704496
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages255
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