false 251995 5 <div>It is 1963 in an unnamed town in North Dakota, and Anthony Thrasher is languishing for a second year in eighth grade. Prematurely sophisticated, young Anthony spends too much time reading Joyce, Eliot, and Dylan Thomas but not enough time studying the War of 1812 or obtuse triangles. A tutor is hired, and this "modern Hester Prynne" offers Anthony lessons that ultimately free him from eighth grade and situate her on the cusp of the American sexual revolution. Anthony's restless adolescent voice is perfectly suited to De Vries's blend of erudite wit and silliness&#8212;not to mention his fascination with both language and female anatomy&#8212;and it propels <i>Slouching Towards Kalamazoo</i> through theological debates and quandaries both dermatological and ethical, while soaring on the De Vriesian hallmark of scrambling conventional wisdom for comic effect. <br></div> 244181 1983 Slouching Towards Kalamazoo: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction) total:41|5:12|4:13|3:10|2:5|1:1| 41 153 67 6 2 0 false false Mon Feb 02 07:16:15 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 13:29:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 16:06:28 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 14:39:59 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:01:09 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 04:37:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 12:46:52 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 13:49:05 -0700 2008 dictionary.com a word or two to get... but after all, he works for the New Yorker, so.....more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 07:36:07 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 07:44:22 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Oct 04 20:42:41 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 20:43:27 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Oct 29 07:09:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 07:09:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 07:32:26 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 07:32:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 04:10:42 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 04:10:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 19:37:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:37:14 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu Jul 30 10:04:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 10:04:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 25 07:23:50 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 07:23:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jul 18 14:01:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 14:01:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 07 15:22:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 15:22:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 13:43:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 13:43:48 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Jun 10 21:42:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 18:56:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 21:42:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 19:44:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 19:44:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 30 22:08:45 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 22:08:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 25 08:50:01 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 08:50:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 21 10:15:14 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 10:15:14 -0700 2009