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by: Kevin L. Donihe
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780971357259
ISBN: 0971357250
Label: Eraserhead Press
Manufacturer: Eraserhead Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 276
Publication Date: 2001-12
Publisher: Eraserhead Press
Sales Rank: 496509
Studio: Eraserhead Press
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Product Description:
Circus gaiety! A ring of 1,000 delights! None of this awaits you!
What awaits you: a commune of beautiful and wise circus midgets; the Love-o-tron, towering orange plants capable of joyous sexual reproduction; The Chain of Absurdity; Bottled Barbed Chains; Viso-Pants; The Commercial of Truth; a man named Mark Anders; a little doe-eyed girl; The Grand Dictator; a Zen Master; an Eastern European accented Karma Wheel; The Doughnut Kiosk; The Church of the Byrds; The Church of Lionel Richie; High Priest Lionel; High Priest Nash; a man named Herr Fraknow whose title is Godvernor, Malachai, and more.
In the end, it makes too much sense. Or does it . . .
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Shall we midgets at the midgets?
Having really enjoyed Kevin L. Donihe's shorter work "The Greatest...Moment in Sports", I decided to read this one as it has been sitting in my wish list for about a year.
Firstly, there are, indeed, midgets. Now, I happen to like reading books that have midgets (small people). They don't get enough exposure. So that, in my opinion, is a big plus for this book.
Secondly, there's lots of madcap social satire and that spells F-U-N-N-Y. We live in a pretty absurd world as ... Read More
Rating: - Shall We Gather...Well, We Certainly Should.
Beyond the beautifully illustrated cover of this book lies the tale of a quest for truth in a meaningless world and the hope of finding that truth in the wise company of circus midgets. They're braver than us, smarter than us, and they look really great in baggy polka-dotted pants. Through the courageous vision of Kevin Donihe, these noble beings have been cast into the limelight for the betterment of all mankind. Sir, if I possessed a uterus, then I would want to have your baby.
Rating: - The End is Nigh... but You Already Knew That
Who controls the world?
The Illuminati? The Freemasons? Gorgulax, the Solar Emperor?
No. All wrong.
The real force that moves the world is a group of reality-bending circus midgets intent on instilling chaos and absurdity into the lives of the human race, engineering colorful ends for all seventy epochs.
The midgets are the engineers, but we are the laborers making apocalypse possible, blindly throwing faith on pop culture messiahs, gladly giving ... Read More
Rating: - Good Bits
Most novels make me feel as if their main characters are taking many long, tedious, and uneventful bus trips to get to and from the interesting parts in their story. This often causes me to skim and ask myself why I'm wasting my time.
"Shall We Gather in the Garden?" doesn't fall under this category. It is an example of condensed storytelling at its best and never fails to entertain, induce laughter, and thrill with its imagination. It's the sort of book that you can start reading at any ... Read More
Rating: - Kevin is Sweet like Candy!!
I really, really enjoyed this book, which in my opinion is only a taste of what the author has out there as e-books and chapbooks and such. An excellent debut novel, Shall We Gather.... is a philosophy in itself as well as a witty reminder that literature, true literature, has no bounds. An awesome escape from reality, I highly recommend this book to anyone.
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