Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed in Lance Carbuncle Q&A

Jan 02, 2008 Lance rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author)

I love this book. I give it eight out of five stars. It is the funniest, most insightful, and most entertaining book ever written. The author is clearly a literary genius and a good-looking devil, too. Everyone should read Smashed. It should be required reading in our schools. Evil-doers should be beaten about the head and shoulders with this book. Lovers should read passages of it to each other for foreplay. This book prevents tooth decay and eternal damnation. It cures cold sores, psoriasis an ...more

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Sep 09, 2008 Lori rated it it was amazing

Shelves: signed-by-author, arc-reviewers-copy, most-interesting-title, fricken-awesome, bizarro

This is a hilarious debute novel about a 30-something year old guy, messed up from years of drug use, who lives at home with his mom, his catarac-inflicted, nose repelling, lumpy bodied basset hound, and his stuffed Daddy, and the amazingly action-packed road trip he embarks upon.

Madness. Mayhem. Hitchhiking Christian Terrorists. Crazy Pedros. An exploding sombrero. Ziplocked frozen poo. A Clubfoot musician who never stops playing his guitar. And his faithful dog Idjit, relaying important inform ...more

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Aug 19, 2008 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed is the most surreal, humorously disgusting book I have read this year, and that's saying a lot since I read about a lot of government conspiracies. Carbuncle does such a good job with the oddly fascinating South of the Border that by the middle of the book I was aching to be a Pablo. It was riveting, like Twin Peaks with a lot of extra bodily fluids and bad smells. The cast of misfits in this book will stay in my mind for years to come an ...more

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May 29, 2009 Garrett Cook rated it really liked it

Some things that are funnier than almost everything else:
Bassethounds
Old Bluesmen
Elvis
The Sasquatch
South of the Border (the pseudoMexican tourist trap)
The American South

Lance Carbuncle without being just completely dismissive of the South gives us a cool and scathing road trip through it's twists and turns. Full of colorful, weird characters, lawbreaking shenanigans and insights into existential confusion, Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed delivers. Reminiscent of the fil ...more

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Jul 13, 2009 Deneen rated it it was amazing

What a fun ride! Anyone who reads Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiaasen will love this book. The protagonist isn't as bent as Dorsey's Serge, but his mishaps and choices will have you laughing your ass off. As a fan of Florida authors (I don't know why, perhaps I find them all to be a bit insane), Lance Carbuncle has been added to the list. One author, Christopher Moore, not a Floridian, also has this same style of writing.

This book had me laughing out loud from the start and so disappointed when I finishe ...more

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Jul 29, 2009 Denga rated it it was amazing

This book is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. I picked it up because the reviews on Amazon and other places were comparing the author to Christopher Moore and Tim Dorsey. I love Moore and Dorsey, but this Carbuncle guy takes things a step further. Think of this book as a politically incorrect, crude, hilarious updated version of Kerouac's On the Road sprinkled with liberal doses of Bukowski, Vonnegut and H.S. Thompson influences. The writing style is fresh, the pop culture referenc ...more

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Feb 06, 2009 Stephanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: i-own-read, read-in-2009, so-damn-funny, fiction, signed-by-author

Absolutely hilarious!

Meet our narrator: a thirty-five year old stoner who still lives with his mother, his smelly old basset hound Idjit Galoot, and his late Daddy - stuffed and propped up in an armchair and festooned with seasonal decorations. The whole lot of them are packed up and set to move to Florida to wait for the parole of his mother's prison pen pal and soon-to-be new husband. But alas! On moving day, Idjit Galoot breaks free of his shackles and takes off for a neighborhood joy ride. H ...more

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Jun 19, 2009 Phillip rated it really liked it

Damn good book. LC can write circles around a lot of satirists out there. I hope he keeps writing and goes far.

"Lance Carbuncle is to literature what Ed Wood was to film." (From the jacket).

Get it and read it if you like wild (but extremely well written) weird books. Great characters.

I have no idea what the plot is. Didn't bother me.

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Oct 07, 2008 Suzy rated it really liked it

This story is deliciously sick, twisted and extremely funny. You follow the lead character on his quest to find his best friend, his beloved beer drinking, deviled egg eating basset hound. Along the journey you meet some of the most memorable (and twisted) characters in some very absurd and outrageous circumstances. The story moves along at a nice pace and the character development is deep enough that you feel like you know these people. This book is just plain fun to read and I found myself lit ...more

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Apr 28, 2009 Kate rated it it was amazing

Shelves: signed-by-author, bizarro

What do you get when you blow up a huge sombrero, are gifted with Bruce Dickenson's poo, crash a bratmobile, and a Bassett hound named Idjit Galoot is your tour guide on one incredible, zany trip full of mayhem and madness? Why this book of course!

This is one book you'll want to pick up if you're in the mood for offbeat, off kilter kind of humor. Lance Carbuncle is the master wordsmith of this hilariously disgusting book, and I mean it in the best way possible! So, don't delay, pick up this fant ...more

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Jan 26, 2009 Kingcrusty rated it it was amazing

Really funny. Really sick. Best read of 2008.

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Jan 16, 2009 Joanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, next-best-bookclub, funny-stuff, summer-challenge

This book is sick and twisted in the best sort of way. There were lots of laugh out loud moments (and a few that made me gag!) The book kind of made me think of Carl Hiaasen and Christopher Moore rolled into one. Not for everyone to be sure but I'll definitely pass it on to some of my friens. ...more

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