The Cardboard Universe: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K. Dank

Miller, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0061686360 / ISBN 13: 9780061686368

Published by Perennial Pr, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2009

About this Item

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light bumps and shelf wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cardboard Universe: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K. Dank
• Publisher: Perennial Pr, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061686360
• ISBN 13: 9780061686368
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

Genius or fraud? Hack or Hemingway? The life and work of obese, obsessive, logorrheic pulp novelist Phoebus K. Dank have long enflamed bitter controversy—and numerous drunken rants often culminating in vomiting, unconsciousness, or both. In this uproarious novel, Christopher Miller pulls back the curtain on two unforgettable critics—fawning scholar William Boswell (the world's leading Dankian) and his mortal enemy, the murderously snarky Owen Hirt. No stone is left unturned—and no gooey mess unstepped in—in this essential study of Dank's all-too-brief existence and all-too-extensive oeuvre.

About the Author

Christopher Miller is the author of the novels The Cardboard Universe, a Huffington Post Best Book of the Year and finalist for the Believer Book of the Year Award, and Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects, a Seattle Times Best Book of the Year. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland.