| Decline of the Lawrence Welk Empire Contributor(s): Ballantine, Poe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0976631113 ISBN-13: 9780976631118 Publisher: Hawthorne Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: It's impossible not to be charmed by Edgar Donahoe ("Publishers Weekly) and he's back for another misguided adventure! When Edgar is expelled from college for drunkenly bellowing expletives from a dorm window at three a.m., he hitchhikes to Colorado and trains as a cook. A postcard arrives from Edgar's childhood buddy, Connor Harding, inviting him to a Caribbean island. Once there Edgar cooks at the local tourist restaurant and falls in love with Connor's girl, Kate. He becomes embroiled in a love triangle and his troubles multiply as he is stalked by murderous island native, Chollie Legion. Even Cinnamon Jim the medicine man is no help. Ultimately, it takes a hurricane to blow Edgar out of this mess. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006000336 |
| Series: Edgar Adventures |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.54" W x 9.04" (1.09 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this follow-up to God Clobbers Us All, Edgar Donahoe is back for another misguided adventure. When Edgar is expelled from college, he accepts his pal Mountain Moses' offer to come to a Caribbean island. Once there, Edgar cooks at the local tourist resort and falls in love with Mountain's girl, Kate. Embroiled in a dangerous love triangle and stalked by a mysterious local, he turns to medicine man Cinnamon Jim for help -- but even the supernatural may not be able to save him now. Ballantine's quirky humor and captivating prose have drawn comparison to Kerouac and Bukowski, but his voice remains inimitably his own in this raucous, riveting adventure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ballantine, Poe: - Poe Ballantine currently lives in Chadron, Nebraska. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Sun, Kenyon Review, and The Coal City Review. In addition to garnering numerous Pushcart and O. Henry nominations, Mr. Ballantine's work has been included in the anthologies The Best American Short Stories 1998 and The Best American Essays 2006. |