Glyph: A Novel
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781555976675 (1555976670)
Publish date: February 18th 2014
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
Missing Meaning Turns Up Found, the headline reads. Or perhaps, Meaning Found to Be Missing.Okay, kids, this is for all most some a couple of a few of you—a very few, when it’s all said and done (WTF does that ‘and done’ accomplish at the end of that phrase, other than make it somehow appear comp...
This book almost made me miss my subway stop this morning. You know that Barthelme story, The first thing the baby did wrong.....? http://www.jessamyn.com/barth/baby.htmlThis novel is like Baby's revenge.
This book reminded me of John Sladek's Roderick, so I wrote to the author and asked if he was familiar with Sladek's work. He's a nice guy; he immediately replied, saying he hadn't read a single thing by him, but thought he should do so. I never found out whether he did, however.
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