Captain Freedom A Superhero s Quest for Truth, Justice, and the Celebrity He So

Zusatztext "Captain Freedom is a truly funny and energetic romp of a social satire! a terrific send up of not only of super heroes! but the cult of personality in general." Informationen zum Autor G. Xavier Robillard writes for several humor sites, including McSweeney's Internet Tendency and Comedy Central. He lives in Boston. Captain Freedom is his first novel. Klappentext Freedom's fifteen minutes are over! Software pirates! Mostly extinct dinosaurs! Giant barbarians! Crooning criminals! Captain Freedom's beat them all, saved the world, and looked fantastic doing it—but he couldn't fend off middle management. The Superhero lifestyle is all that Captain Freedom has ever known. What's he supposed to do now? Enter politics? Write a children's book? Freedom's in a bad way and he's only a stint in rehab away from a lifetime of celebrity reality shows. But with the guidance of his new life coach, maybe Freedom can stumble in a new direction—even if it means having to make peace with his parents . . . or finally commit to a single long-term archenemy. Zusammenfassung A satirical novel about a disgraced superhero's search for a new career, his true arch enemy... and a girlfriend.

Product details

• Authors: G. Xavier Robillard, Gregory Xavier Robillard, Robillard G. Xavier, G Xavier Robillard
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 03.02.2009
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy
• EAN: 9780061650680
• ISBN: 978-0-06-165068-0
• Pages: 272
• Dimensions (packing): 13.5 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm
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