The Cardboard Universe - A Guide to the World of Phoebus K. Dank

Genius or fraud? Hack or Hemingway? The life and work of obese, obsessive, logorrheic pulp novelist Phoebus K. Dank have long enflamed bitter controversy--and numerous drunken rants often culminating in vomiting, unconsciousness, or both. In this uproarious novel, Christopher Miller pulls back the curtain on two unforgettable critics--fawning scholar William Boswell (the world''s leading Dankian) and his mortal enemy, the murderously snarky Owen Hirt. No stone is left unturned--and no gooey mess unstepped in--in this essential study of Dank''s all-too-brief existence and all-too-extensive oeuvre.

About the author

Christopher Miller is the author of the novels The Cardboard Universe, a Huffington Post Best Book of the Year and finalist for the Believer Book of the Year Award, and Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects, a Seattle Times Best Book of the Year. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Miller, Miller Christopher
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780061686368
• ISBN: 978-0-06-168636-8
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 23 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Short Stories, United States of America, USA, Satirical fiction and parodies, FICTION: Women, FICTION: General, FICTION: Media Tie-In, FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Humorous, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Satire, FICTION: Biographical, FICTION: Humorous / Dark Humor