{"product_id":"vertigo-park-and-other-tall-tales","title":"Vertigo Park and Other Tall Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark O'Donnell. Used. Very fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA hilarious and wickedly original new collection of pieces and cartoons by one of America's funniest writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title story (as sweeping as any novel but without the annoying length, more glamorous than a miniseries but without commercial interruption) follows a tragic (not to give anything away) love triangle (an idealistic screen goddess and her two unshakable lovers - who happen to become the last two presidents of the United States) through decades of (imaginary) American history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere is some of what you'll find: in \"Marred Bliss,\" the fractured puns of a love quadrangle (\"Maybe you'd rather ram off with her! She's been trying to reduce you since she got here\") ... in \"Diary of a Fan,\" the diarist's deepest thoughts (\"I saw Sigourney Weaver on the street today. I pity her\") ... in \"The Whom of Kaboom,\" a perilous cruise with Jack the Hipper, sculptor of the famous Venus de Mylar ... and in \"A Tall Tale,\" a meeting with America's tallest tall-tale hero, Johnny Business, whose wealth requires three strong men just to conceive of.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGasp for air, and then browse the high school yearbook of the planets, learn about electricity from electricity itself, and discover Emily Dickinson, advertising copywriter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfectly qualified critics have called O'Donnell's writing \"extremely amusing,\" \"delightful ... off-the-wall, highly original,\" \"invigorating, gifted.\" Vertigo Park is the latest from his wild workshop - a hands-on volume for students of laughter everywhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books \u0026 Brew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46442460151981,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksandbrew.net\/products\/vertigo-park-and-other-tall-tales","provider":"Books And Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}