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Craig Suder, third baseman for the Seattle Mariners, is in a terrible slump. He's batting below .200 at the plate, and even worse in bed with his wife; and he secretly fears he's inherited his mother's insanity. Ordered to take a midseason rest, Suder instead takes his record of Charlie Parker's ""Ornithology,"" his record player, and his new saxophone and flees, negotiating his way through madcap adventures and flashbacks to childhood (""If you folks believed more strongly in God, maybe you wouldn't be colored""). Pursued by a raging dope dealer, saddled with a mishandled elephant and an abused little white girl, he manages in the end to fly free, both transcending and inspired by the pull of so much life.
Craig Suder, third baseman for the Seattle Mariners, is in a terrible slump. He's batting below .200 at the plate, and even worse in bed with his wife; and he secretly fears he's inherited his mother's insanity. Ordered to take a midseason rest, Suder instead takes his record of Charlie Parker's ""Ornithology,"" his record player, and his new saxophone and flees, negotiating his way through madcap adventures and flashbacks to childhood (""If you folks believed more strongly in God, maybe you wouldn't be colored""). Pursued by a raging dope dealer, saddled with a mishandled elephant and an abused little white girl, he manages in the end to fly free, both transcending and inspired by the pull of so much life.
Percival Everett is the author of several novels, including
Glyph, Frenzy, and God's Country; two story collections; and a
children's book. Raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he now lives
in Moreno Valley, California. He is Distinguished Professor of
English at the University of Southern California and an
accomplished painter.
""A mad work of comic genius, combining symbols and myths from
ancients and moderns, white culture and black, juxtaposing
heartbreaks with farce to make up a narrative that has never, never
been told before."" - Carolyn See, Los Angeles Times Book
Review
""[A] marvelous first novel."" - New York Times Book Review
""Very funny, sometimes excruciatingly so."" - Publishers
Weekly
""Who could meld baseball and jazz with the most wistful male myth
of all, the Icarus myth, remembering that Daedalus really did do
it: He flew."" - Los Angeles Times Book Review
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