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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
I bought this literary novel about 2 years ago, read it and loved it.
It's a mock biography of a character modeled after Philip K. Dick. It's about Philip K. Dick and his obsessions and his writings. It's a sad and hilarious novel.
I'm trying to locate it, retrieve it, and read it again.
Thanks.
Don
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I found it!
It's called "
Cardboard Universe," by
Christopher Miller.
Here it is from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Cardboard-...board+universe
Here's a brief quote from Amazon:
"Genius or fraud? Hack or Hemingway? The life and work of obese, obsessive, logorrheic pulp novelist Phoebus K. Dank have long enflamed bitter controversy—and numerous drunken rants often culminating in vomiting, unconsciousness, or both. In this uproarious novel, Christopher Miller pulls back the curtain on two unforgettable critics—fawning scholar William Boswell (the world's leading Dankian) and his mortal enemy, the murderously snarky Owen Hirt. No stone is left unturned—and no gooey mess unstepped in—in this essential study of Dank's all-too-brief existence and all-too-extensive oeuvre."
I highly recommend this book, especially if you like literary novels that poke fun at the supposed gods of genre fiction.
Don