Michael Standaert





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Michael Standaert

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January 09, 1974 in The United States

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The Adventures of the Pisco Kid
Michael Standaert. Arriviste (arrivistepress.com), $16.95 paper (196p) ISBN 978-0974627038

Standaert’s unconventional first novel follows Pisco, a disillusioned rodent exterminator and taxidermy enthusiast. The main thrust of Pisco’s life is spent killing bats and rats, attempting to coexist with a ragtag assembly of neighbors and lamenting the tragic death of his apartment building’s handyman Paul Putty. Pisco’s unhinged, naturally suspicious mother (who calls him by his given name, “Moses”) is a black Jamaican woman who adopted him; she and her much younger boyfriend, “Fly Boy,” add little to his life of joyless annoyances, the zaniness of which is mind-bogglingly excessive: Pisco is...more


Average rating: 3.78 · 18 ratings · 6 reviews · 2 distinct works
Skipping Towards Armageddon...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007
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"All time favorite is probably still the burning anarchy of: Journey to the End of the Night by Celine.

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
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Jeremy I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me today. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy


Jeremy Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

-Jeremy :)

P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
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Jeremy Thanks for sharing, Michael! I'm looking forward to reading the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle--I'm a big fan of Murakami after reading Kafka on the Shore.

Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.

-Jeremy :)


Michael Standaert All time favorite is probably still the burning anarchy of: Journey to the End of the Night by Celine.

Most recently? Murakami's Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.


Jeremy Hi Michael!

If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time?

Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous friendships, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.

-Jeremy :)


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