| Genre: | Literature |
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| Language : | English |
| Published: | April 03, 1991 |
| Edition: | 12th |
Paperback | |
| ISBN13: | 9780679734499 |
| ISBN10: | 067973449X |
| Pages: | 220 |
| Dimensions: | 5.26 x 7.94 x 0.49 inches |
| Weight: | 198 g |
About the Book
If the Marquis de Sade were to crash one of P. G. Wodehouse's house parties, the chaos might resemble the nightmarishly funny goings-on in this novel by the author of London Fields. The residents of Appleseed Rectory have primed themselves both for a visit from a triad of Americans and a weekend of copious drug taking and sexual gymnastics. There's even a heifer to be slugged and a pair of doddering tenants to be ingeniously harassed. But none of these variously bright and dull young things has counted on the intrusion of "dead babies" -- dreary spasms of reality. Or on the uninvited presence of a mysterious prankster named Johnny, whose sinister idea of fun makes theirs look like a game of backgammon.