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Just a Couple of Days
Tony Vigorito
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9780156031226 Trade Paperback
0156031221
$14.00
400pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-5/16 x 8
Copyright Year:
2001
Territory:
World English
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Synopsis |
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Blip Korterly kicks off a game of graffiti tag on a local overpass by painting a simple phrase: "Uh-oh." An anonymous interlocutor writes back: "When?" Blip slyly answers: "Just a couple of days." But what happens in just a couple of days? Blip is arrested; his friend, Dr. Flake Fountain—a molecular biologist—is drafted into a shadow-government research project conducting experiments on humans. The virus being tested—cleverly called "the Pied Piper"—renders its victims incapable of symbolic capacity; that is, incapable of communication. Is this biological weaponry? What would happen if it were let loose on the world? Does a babbling populace pose a threat or provide an opportunity for social evolution?
This novel’s absurd, larger-than-life characters speak in exuberant prose that is as satirical as it is playful, as full of implications as it is full of mirth. It’s no wonder Just a Couple of Days has become an underground cult classic. This grassroots phenomenon will reach even more soon-to-be fans in its newly updated Harvest edition-- complete with an excerpt from the author's next book!
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Praise |
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"Like a technologically savvy modern-day Rabelais, Vigorito gives humanity a swift, playful, and long overdue slap on the ass."
Chris Genoa,author of Foop!,
"A Dr. Strangelove for the biotech century. Just a Couple of Days is savvy, wickedly funny, and profoundly disturbing. "
Richard Heinberg,author of Powerdown,
"Just a Couple of Days is a lyrical, thoughtful, viral meme of a book. Read it!"
Christopher Moore,author of You Suck,
"This novel is "folk heroic" and should be read by anyone who still values their capacity to think for themselves."
Kris Saknussemm,author of Zanesville,
"Irreverent, whimsical. The final apocalyptic vision is a twist not seen since Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. Recommended."
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Biography |
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TONY VIGORITO earned a Ph.D. at Ohio State University and taught social theory at Ohio University and Antioch College before retreating into the Appalachian foothills—an hour southeast of Columbus and three hours south of Cleveland—to write fiction.
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- Visionary & Metaphysical
Fiction- General
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Serial/Audio/UK: Harcourt
Performance/Translation: Sanford J. Greenburger Associates |
Rights Information |
Harvest Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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