It's been three years since the last harvest, and the lepers are preparing once again to wage war on the mannequins for spare parts-prosthetic limb...
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Dec 14, 2011
Dan
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The mannequins and the lepers are at war. It's too bad Quall, a leper, has fallen in love with Jaundice, a mannequin. Can their love conquer all or will they be destroyed?
Yeah, I may be risking my man card on this but my favorite bizarro stories seem to be the love stories. This one is a bizarro retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Only Romeo is a leper and Juliet is a mannequin.
Eric Beeny's writing is quite good, very good, in fact, considering this is his first novel. Th More...
Yeah, I may be risking my man card on this but my favorite bizarro stories seem to be the love stories. This one is a bizarro retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Only Romeo is a leper and Juliet is a mannequin.
Eric Beeny's writing is quite good, very good, in fact, considering this is his first novel. Th More...
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Jan 16, 2012
Spike
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Lepers and Mannequin is a love story between Quall, a leper, and Jaundice, a mannequin. Set against the backdrop of a war between the lepers and mannequins, this book is dark and funny, heartbreaking and heartwarming. It’s also an examination of our relationships with our bodies, what it means to be human and how we relate with “the other.”
Of course, as part of the New Bizarro Author Series, this book is also great Bizarro, with eye-grabbing images, mind-bending ideas, strange events a More...
Of course, as part of the New Bizarro Author Series, this book is also great Bizarro, with eye-grabbing images, mind-bending ideas, strange events a More...
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