American desert
a novel
1st ed.
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Word Count
72,750 words, Guess
Page Count
291 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3689306M
- ISBN-100786869178
- OCLC Control Number52838777
- OCLC Control Numberamericandesertno00ever
- Library of Congress Control Number2003056757
and 2 more
- LibraryThing238787
- Goodreads526131
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3555.V34 M9 2004
Description
"As American Desert opens, the novel's hero, Theodore Street, is driving toward the ocean, where he plans to walk into the waves and drown himself. But on his way, he is hit headlong by an oncoming van. He sails through the windshield, and although his face is unscratched and his bones unbroken, his head is sliced cleanly from his body." "At his funeral three days later, he sits up in his coffin, the sloppy stitching that binds his head and body together clearly visible. The mourners are horrified by his resurrection, and the story makes instant headlines throughout the world. He becomes a source of fear and embarrassment to his daughter, an object of derision and morbid curiosity to the press, a prized specimen for scientists, and Satan incarnate to an obscure religious cult."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Fiction.
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