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The Ecstatic

The Ecstatic

by Victor LaValle
Paperback
Publication Date: 14/10/2003

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Anthony James weighs 315 pounds, is possibly schizophrenic, and he's just been kicked out of college. He's rescued by his mother, sister, and grandmother, but they may not be altogether sane themselves. Living in the basement of their home in Queens, New York, Anthony is armed with nothing but wicked sarcasm and a few well-cut suits. He intends to make horror movies but takes the jobs he can handle, cleaning homes and factories, and keeps crossing paths with a Japanese political prisoner, a mysterious loan shark named Ishkabibble, and packs of feral dogs. When his invincible 13-year old sister enters yet another beauty pageant--this one for virgins--the combustible Jameses pile into their car and head South for the competition.
Will Anthony's family stick together or explode? With electrifying prose, LaValle ushers us into four troubled but very funny lives.
ISBN:
9780375713316
9780375713316
Category:
Humour
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
14-10-2003
Language:
English
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
202.95x132.33x16mm
Weight:
0.25kg
Victor LaValle

Victor LaValle is the author of six previous works of fiction. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Book Award, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Key to Southeast Queens.

He lives in New York with his wife and children and teaches at Columbia University.

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