false 131527 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 131527 2 126674 book 1997 The Tetherballs of Bougainville total:304|5:77|4:106|3:79|2:23|1:19| 304 1111 379 43 4414 3.50 3268 474 3927791 179940 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.68 288 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 5 3 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 14:21:26 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 14:35:51 -0700 2007
And a lot of times I make dubious recommendations to friends. I am concerned that I have traded most of my credibility with late-night boozy tirades about how good the second Danzig record is, etc.

So hopefully someone out there wi...more...]]> 4901265 99896 1258970 0517701014 9780517701010 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182317492m/1258970.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182317492s/1258970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1258970.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.25 16 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 1 1 false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 21 17:02:41 -0700 2007 Thu May 08 07:19:09 -0700 2008
Have you ever googled yourself? Come on, be honest. I do every once in a while and this book kept coming up because of the character with my name. So I...more...]]> 589223 50384 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 5 1 false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Thu Apr 05 12:46:01 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 12:46:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 12928880 793790 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 5 1 false Sat Jan 19 17:21:35 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 19:53:22 -0800 2008 1732751 120606 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 5 1 false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Wed Jun 06 19:20:35 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:54:54 -0800 2009 4152396 244988 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon Aug 06 09:53:05 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 09:56:54 -0700 2007 7112975 439420 1258970 0517701014 9780517701010 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182317492m/1258970.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182317492s/1258970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1258970.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 1 1 false Mon Oct 01 18:00:08 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 20 12:16:45 -0800 2008
I heard an interview with the author on "Fresh Air" and bought the book. But it was a complete mess.

I recommend it to insomniacs.]]> 2942184 142320 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 5 1 false Wed Jul 11 09:39:18 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 09:40:05 -0700 2007 12045416 618923 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 2 0 false Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 04:24:26 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 18:57:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4900726 295179 1258970 0517701014 9780517701010 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182317492m/1258970.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182317492s/1258970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1258970.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 3 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 16:49:45 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 19:15:43 -0700 2007
**Update**

Having skimmed through the book again and finished it, I still feel like this is too much post-modern song and d...more...]]> 66347036 2133624 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 5 0 false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Wed Aug 05 16:04:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 16:07:09 -0700 2009 54228058 2264003 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 28 07:26:02 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 07:29:06 -0700 2009 ]]> 46843516 987678 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 3 0 false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 04:05:55 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 04:25:28 -0800 2009 81337194 2645756 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 4 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 17 16:41:27 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 21:35:58 -0800 2009 75043636 2855993 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 4 0 false Mon Oct 19 13:16:01 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:16:23 -0700 2009 56098838 2319846 1258970 0517701014 9780517701010 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182317492m/1258970.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182317492s/1258970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1258970.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 5 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Thu May 14 14:48:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 07:34:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22301862 26460 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 1 0 false Thu May 15 10:05:43 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 11:04:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12775400 796240 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 13:20:54 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 13:26:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 32810195 1522666 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 1 0 false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 19:23:43 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 15:26:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 535333 43492 131527 067976349X 9780679763499 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493m/131527.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172001493s/131527.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/131527.The_Tetherballs_of_Bougainville 3.65 304 Mark Leyner's hyperactive, relentlessly vivid The Tetherballs of Bougainville stars a fictionalized 13-year-old version of himself.
Young Leyner - who sounds just like the author, the conceit is insincere - must watch the state of New Jersey execute his PCP-addled father; lose his virginity in a drunken, drugged revel with the comely warden; and write a screenplay about these things, all within the space of a day. Don't be alarmed, just turn off your left brain and keep reading.
The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a soup of observation, weird juxtaposition, parody, and ribaldry that will leave some people stymied, but others positively delighted. The satire - and sense - is where you find it. Here's Mark, with an aside: "As I browse through this astonishing array of contraband, I can't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the inmates. In the Body Cavity/Rectal section, for instance--I can imagine someone smuggling in a wrapped shank ... but four 5-piece place settings of Bastille stainless-steel flatware? I can see how, during a visit, a girlfriend could convey, through a kiss, a condom partially filled with heroin. But a 959-piece Alsatian Village Puzzle? How? Piece by piece, one kiss per visit per week? Imagine the incarcerated hobbyist's Zen-like equanimity."
Rich stuff, this. But as disorienting as the book may be, it possesses a brutal amount of horsepower - the amount of laughs it will induce excuse myriad indulgences. Half novel, half screenplay, packed to the endpapers with pop culture, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a full-body experience.]]> 1997 4 0 false Mon Apr 02 13:11:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 13:26:38 -0700 2007
Tetherballs is a swirl of sex, candy-coloured excess, moral satire and pop-culture--definetly the lit version of Jeff Koons art. Both represent the pre-millenni...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=131527