
The Blond Box
A Novel
Toby Olson(Author)
Fiction Collective Two (Publisher)
Published on 30. September 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-57366-110-2 (ISBN)
Description
El Malabarista, pianist and juggler for a troupe of sexual performance artists, is found dead in the dusty wilderness, his fingers crushed. Beginning like a murder mystery, this novel defies all the usual expectations of a murder mystery plot, by juxtaposing ""real"" events in two different decades with a draft version of a hack sci-fi novella. This mixed narrative serves as a meta-fictional commentary on the efforts of a retired sex-theatre artist, a hairstylist/pulp writer, a doctoral student, and a host of other characters to, not only solve the murder, but to uncover its motivation, which seems to be linked to El Malabarista's knowledge of the whereabouts of a certain boxed treasure.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Normal
United States
Publishing group
The University of Alabama Press
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57366-110-2 (9781573661102)
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Schweitzer Classification