Laura's review
The Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories
by Nicholas Gurewitch
Laura's review
The Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories by Nicholas Gurewitch
Laura's review
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There's a theory about the instigation of the French Revolution -- and I'm not saying I ascribe to it, but I certainly am enamored of it -- that there was so little knowledge of food science that wheat and other grains were stored without regard for safety or preservation. So much of the grain used for baking grew moldy and fermented to the point that many French, especially the poor, were basically walking around gnawing on crusty chunks of LSD. (Marie-Antoinette: "Why is everyone acting so crazy?" Mirabeau: "I'm afraid, my queen, they be trippin'.") What's my point? For those of you who haven't already lost interest: That Nicholas Gurewitch has been poking his hand in a kindred breadbox. His work feels like tiny fables from a land of altered states, and I absolutely love it! As I began reading this book, I formulated a theory about the development of his artistic vision in which he was driven to near-madness by the perverse inanity and unfathomable longev...more
