Tuesday is (occasionally) Book Promotion Day.
Driven to desperate measures by rejection, artist Willard Stukey resolves to bring attention to his work. By committing mass murder.
He chooses Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, as the appropriate setting for his exhibition of “live art.”
An anguished Disney chairman hires freelance trouble-shooter Jeff Dalkin, who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome and curses uncontrollably, to help contain the media circus that ensues.
Meantime, Stukey makes the most of mammoth publicity with spontaneous demands to showcase his paintings.
Eringer’s tale is a brushstroke of suspense; shaded with comedy, tinged with farce. Its hue is popular culture, glazed with insanity; art versus humanity.
5.0 out of 5 stars A complete surprise
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2000
A quirky read from an author new to me, but not for long. I read this whole book on a flight from Chicago to San Francisco. My laughing out loud had passangers & flight crew looking at me like I was some crazy woman.
I've been going aroung for days saying "Lo mein" out loud and laughing to my self. My husband read it as soon as I finished, and he's also "lo mein-ing all over the place.
If you've even thought about what makes a person creative or a genius, this book will give you plenty of food for thought.
I don't want to give away the plot, but let me say the premise, as clever as it is, will offend some people. Suspend belief and enjoy it for the good story it is.
And if you guess the ending, I'll eat this review. It sure caught me by surprise.