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Given a relatively level playing field -- i.e., water deep enough so that a shark could maneuver proficiently but shallow enough so that a bear could stand and operate with its characteristic dexterity -- who would win in a fight between a bear and a shark? In this fiercely funny, razor-sharp satire of our media-saturated culture, the sovereign nation of Las Vegas is host to Bear v. Shark II. After a disappointing loss in the first computer-generated match-up, the bear is out for blood. With an essay entitled "Bear v. Shark: A Reason to Live," young Curtis Norman wins a national contest and four tickets to the sold-out event. As the Normans head cross-country in their SUV, they encounter a dizzying barrage of voices weighing in on the upcoming spectacle -- everyone from the Freudians, theologians, pundits, and self-published authors on the radio to the bear and shark fanatics, cultists, and resisters at pit stops along the way. Overwhelmed by factoids and ten-second debates, Mr. Norman grows ambivalent about the impending event and the family with whom he can't seem to connect. Still, the Normans push on to Vegas, toward an apocalyptic, surprisingly emotional ending.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0743219473
ISBN-13
9780743219471
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2337746
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bear V. Shark : the Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
General, Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
5 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Edition Description
Reprint
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Panio GianopoulosThe Hartford CourantBear v. Sharkis great fun, and heralds the arrival of a gifted satirist, that nearly extinct breed of American writer., Panio Gianopoulos The Hartford Courant Bear v. Shark is great fun, and heralds the arrival of a gifted satirist, that nearly extinct breed of American writer., Michael Parker author of Hello Down There and Towns Without Rivers Chris Bachelder's amazing novel fights the best fight there is -- the struggle for meaning and spirit in a world cluttered with the inane and the disposable. I admire this novel for its humor, its formal dexterity, and its sharp sentences, but I applaud most its courage., Padgett Powell author of Edisto and Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men Bear v. Shark is dead-serious satire, its target obvious, its effects not -- a very funny and very sad book. Mr. Bachelder wields a wicked wit upon our worst lunacies, and he will prove important., Jonathan Ames author of The Extra Man Chris Bachelder is a comic Aldous Huxley. His vision of our present, our future, and our American culture is quite frightening, but he has the good sense to make us laugh -- to lessen the blow -- while we look in the mirror at ourselves, a mirror that is shaped like the TV and computer screens we're always staring at and worshiping. So this may be the last book we're able to read before our brains are as fried as the fast food we adore. But at least we'll go out laughing., The New York Times Book Review A roundhouse swing at pop culture and its slavish devotion to spectacle., Mark Rozzo Los Angeles Times Bedazzling and bewildering...as jarring and addictive as cruising through a hundred channels of cable with the remote on autopilot., The New York Times Book ReviewA roundhouse swing at pop culture and its slavish devotion to spectacle., Mark RozzoLos Angeles TimesBedazzling and bewildering...as jarring and addictive as cruising through a hundred channels of cable with the remote on autopilot.
Copyright Date
2002
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
21
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