false 190932 482990 1596921919 9781596921917 20 <![CDATA[Your Body Is Changing]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175126811m/482990.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175126811s/482990.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/482990.Your_Body_Is_Changing 3.76 113 190932 3.73 277 69 2007 3255934 1596922400 9781596922402 35 <![CDATA[Awesome]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3255934.Awesome 3.57 94 Your Body Is Changing and The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure. Whales, caves, and robots abound.

A giant strides this land. A giant who builds robots, invents religions, and kisses like a dream. From the rocky coast of New England to the golden hayfields of Stockton, California, he searches for America s greatest treasures. You might recognize him by the twinkle in his eye or the lustrous derby hat perched on top of his boulder-sized head.

But for a dude who has it all, he sure seems sad a lot of the time what's up with that? And what exactly does he plan to do with all of those wonderful treasures, besides cart them across the country in his enormous red wagon? Is there someone, a beautiful lady named Glorious Jones perhaps, who has asked him to gather the bounty of America in order to prove his love for her?

There's no way to know, unless you buy Jack Pendarvis' awesome new novel and read it. Or have someone read it to you. Either way, laughter, wisdom, and good times are sure to follow...

]]> 190932 3.73 277 69 2008 332821 1596920548 9781596920545 13 <![CDATA[The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173827385m/332821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173827385s/332821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/332821.The_Mysterious_Secret_of_the_Valuable_Treasure 3.98 60 From the self-appointed historian of the title piece to the wage slaves of "Our Spring Catalog" and "The Pipe," these are characters you've met before. They're quirky visionaries and misguided dreamers sprung from a world of high school ambitions and misunderstood intentions. Laugh-out-loud funny, absurd, and always human, Jack Pendarvis's debut collection is the work of a writer of rare comedic literary talent.

]]> 190932 3.73 277 69 2005 6588063 1596923326 9781596923324 0 <![CDATA[Shut Up, Ugly]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6588063-shut-up-ugly 0.0 0 Shut Up, Ugly has all the ingredients for a hardboiled hit: A gun in the back. A sock to the jaw. A threatening dwarf. A sinister millionaire. A simple tail job that takes a wrong turn. Dames, dames, and more dames. All this case needs is a great detective. Unfortunately, Burns isn’t it. He’s bad with details, prone to navel-gazing, incurious, and a little slow. But to be fair, Burns isn’t even a detective, just a would-be philanderer mistaken for a private eye when he ducks in the wrong doorway while eluding an angry husband. What Burns needs is a new identity, at least temporarily. But when he pretends to be the tough private dick everyone thinks he is, Burns isn’t counting on the kind of adventure that just might change his life forever. Or not. </DIV>]]> 190932 3.73 277 69 2009 6672426 0 <![CDATA[The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6672426-the-mysterious-secret-of-the-valuable-treasure 0.0 0 From the self-appointed historian of the title piece to the frustrated wage slaves of “Our Spring Catalog” and “The Pipe,” these are individualists who don’t quite adhere to mainstream ideals. Pendarvis draws his humor from the world of high school ambitions and misunderstood intentions allowed to breathe and take shape. Always original but somehow familiar, these are stories plugged into the collective unconscious of our imaginary lives.
Jack Pendarvis’s work is difficult to describe but a pleasure to experience, infused with humanity and laugh-out-loud funny. Comedic literary talent of this caliber is rare.
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