I Smell Esther Williams (Paperback, 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed)

A community theater's production of Special Yearnings triggers a string of underground nuclear explosions from St. Louis to Worcester, Massachusetts. A man frantically swats at the blaze that his girlfriend has ignited in his trousers, while her family tries to figure out whether his agonized sign language means "Under the Volcano" or "No Time for Sergeants." Charo, Marianne Faithfull, and Napoleon's sister swap glittering witticisms and pornographic come-ons with languid aesthetes and unhinged suburbanites.

Such scenarios are just par for the course in this gloriously disorienting volume by Mark Leyner, author of My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist and Et Tu, Babe, and a writer who plays the English language the way Jimi Hendrix played the guitar: at blinding speed, dangerous volume, and with a perfect mixture of lyricism and sheer menace.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage Contemporaries
Release date:	1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Mark Leyner
Dimensions:	203 x 131 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
Edition:	1st Vintage Contemporaries ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-75045-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General Promotions
LSN:	0-679-75045-2
Barcode:	9780679750451

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!