Clownfellas
Tales of the Bozo Family
Autor*in: Mellick, Carlton, III
Jahr: 2015
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 402 S.
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- “Carlton Mellick III goes past silly, through weird, detours around dumb, blasts through bizarre, and gets to a place where the normal physics of narrative no longer apply. You will never be the same."â€"Cory Doctorow, author ofLittle Brother and Homeland In a topsy-turvy world where clowns are killers and crooks, Little Bigtop is a three-ring circus of crime, and no syndicate is more dangerous than the Bozo family. From the wildly original mind of Carlton Mellick III comes the short-story collectionClownFellasâ€"an epic mob saga where life is cheap and the gags will slay you. For years, the hard-boiled capos of the Bozo family have run all of the funny business in Little Bigtop, from the clown brothels to the illegal comedy trade. But hard times have befallen the Bozos now thatLe Mystère, the French clown Mafia, has started moving in and trying to take over the city. If that weren’t enough, they’ve got to deal with the cops, the Feds, the snitches, the carnies, the mysterious hit man Mr. Pogo, and the mutant clowns over in the Sideshow district. With the odds stacked against them, the Bozos must fight to survive . . . or die laughing. Advance praise for ClownFellas “Mario Puzo meets Barnum & Bailey . . . You just can’t look away as the ridiculousness escalates."â€"Publishers Weekly “The most original novelist working today? The most outrageous? The most unpredictable? These aren’t easy superlatives to make; however, Carlton Mellick may well be all of those things, behind a canon of books that all irreverently depart from the form and concepts of traditional novels, and adventure the reader into a howling, dark fantasyland of the most bizarre, over-the-top, and mind-warping inventiveness. In my opinion,ClownFellas is his best work to date."â€"Edward Lee, author of City Infernal andHeader “I rarely enjoy clownsâ€"which is ironic since I’ve been one for over four decadesâ€"butClownFellas is great on so many levels, irony being one of them. What can I say besidesI love it! Great read, and funny as hell . . . I have been accused of being unfunny before, and after the trial I had to enter the Witless Protection Program.This is funny!"â€"Barry Lubin, aka Grandma, longtime Big Apple Circus clown
- Carlton Mellick III is an oafish gentleman with the stylishest of sideburns. He is one of the leading authors in the bizarro fiction genreâ€"a booming underground movement that strives to bring weird, crazy, entertaining literature to the masses. Imagine a mixture of David Lynch, Dr. Seuss, South Park, and Troma movies. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Clownfellas
Autor*in: Mellick, Carlton, III
Verlag: Random House Digital
ISBN: 9780804179355
Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage