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Duluth

Perhaps Vidal's most outrageous novel, this is an indescribable fantasy purportedly set in the city of Duluth (which, however, is near the Mexican border) & involving a tv show also named "Duluth" (a parody of "Dallas"), a spaceship that has landed nearby, the antics of a policewoman, Darlene Ecks, & much else.

"A wild spoof of absolutely everything: social pretenses, law enforcement, marriage, open marriage, racism, literature, tv, science fiction, and sex. Dozens of plots perk along at an amazing pace...raunchy, dirty, outrageous, rife with cliches — & often very funny." — People

"One of the most brilliant, most radical, & most subversive pieces of writing to emerge from America in recent years." — The New Statesman

"Vidal belongs to that group of writers of our time who, precisely because they have always kept their eyes open to the disorders & distortions of our age, have chosen irony, humor, comedy — in other words, the whole range of literary instruments belonging to the universe of the laugh — as their means of settling accounts." — Italo Calvino

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 224
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-14-118042-7
  • EAN
  • 9780141180427
  • Settings
  • Minnesota
  • Genres
  • fiction, fantasy, novels, american, humor, literature, contemporary
  • Release date
  • 1998