Callisto (Spanish Edition) - Softcover
Odell Deefus, who's not the sharpest tool in the shed, has one goal: to "try my hardest to be a good soldier against the mad dog Islamites." But while driving to an army enlistment office in Callisto, Kansas, his '78 Chevy breaks down on the side of a country road, and it's only the beginning of his troubles. When he accepts a local's offer of shelter until the car is repaired, things go from bad to worse--worse as in murder, drug dealers, tenacious televangelists . . . and finding himself a prime target of the FBI, which thinks he's a member of a terrorist sleeper cell. And none of it bodes well for his unrequited crush on Condoleezza Rice. But fear, rash judgments, and extreme reactions are simply the norm in a post-9/11 world. Odell will just have to deal with it.
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"[Odell's] navet becomes a sharpened satirical tool as he confronts the flaws in the institutions he treasures... Readers...will enjoy the romp." -- Publishers Weekly
""Callisto" is an absolute joy and a rare pleasure. A work of stark raving genius. Imagine a collaboration by Sinclair Lewis, John Kennedy Toole, and Stephen Colbert--but funnier."--Adam Davies, author of "The Frog King"
""Callisto" is wickedly well-plotted and just plain funny... Deefus is an extraordinary character...like a grown-up Holden Caulfield in a crueler, more dangerous world."--John Barlow, author of "Eating Mammals" and "Intoxicated"
"A witty sendup of the anxieties that make Americans so dangerous...barbed with enough tragedy to sting.... A macabre farce, a la the Coen brothers."--Washington Post Book World
"There's plenty to love.... Krol's best twist in a plot packed with them: our identification with his clumsy charmer becomes at once the scariest and most appealing thing about the book."--New York Times Book Review
"Funny, suspenseful, scary and, most importantly, the best portrayal of an American Innocent since Forrest Gump."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[Odell's] na?vet? becomes a sharpened satirical tool as he confronts the flaws in the institutions he treasures... Readers...will enjoy the romp."--Publishers Weekly
"Torsten Krol pulls no punches with his modern farce.... He's crafted the perfect foil in Odell.... "Callisto" is a funny, smart and well-timed novel."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"Odell has one of those narrative voices that grabs you out of the gate and never lets go. Think "The Good Soldier Swiek" with a touch of "Confederacy of Dunces" and maybe even a little "Catcher in the Rye"."--Booklist (starred review)
""Callisto" is an absolute joy and a rare pleasure. A work of stark raving genius. Imagine a collaboration by Sinclair Lewis, John Kennedy Toole, and Stephen Colbert--but funnier."--Adam Davies, author of "The Frog King"
""Callisto" is wickedly well-plotted and just plain funny... Deefus is an extraordinary character...like a grown-up Holden Caulfield in a crueler, more dangerous world."--John Barlow, author of "Eating Mammals" and "Intoxicated"
"A witty sendup of the anxieties that make Americans so dangerous...barbed with enough tragedy to sting.... A macabre farce, a la the Coen brothers."--Washington Post Book World
"There's plenty to love.... Krol's best twist in a plot packed with them: our identification with his clumsy charmer becomes at once the scariest and most appealing thing about the book."--New York Times Book Review
"Funny, suspenseful, scary and, most importantly, the best portrayal of an American Innocent since Forrest Gump."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[Odell's] na?vet? becomes a sharpened satirical tool as he confronts the flaws in the institutions he treasures... Readers...will enjoy the romp."--Publishers Weekly
"Torsten Krol pulls no punches with his modern farce.... He's crafted the perfect foil in Odell.... "Callisto" is a funny, smart and well-timed novel."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"Odell has one of those narrative voices that grabs you out of the gate and never lets go. Think "The Good Soldier Swiek" with a touch of "Confederacy of Dunces" and maybe even a little "Catcher in the Rye"."--Booklist (starred review)
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- PublisherSalamandra
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 8498381002
- ISBN 13 9788498381009
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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