Going Bovine
Can Cameron find what he’s looking for?All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form...
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Can Cameron find what he’s looking for?All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.From the Hardcover edition.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B002NXOQGQ
Publish date: September 22nd 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 498
Edition language: English
It took me forever to write this review because I needed a long time to process this book. It’s definitely one of the strangest things I’ve read. Cameron is a normal teenager until he starts to hallucinate and lose control of his muscles. He is diagnosed with mad cow disease and told that he is go...
Probably one of the most bizarre books I've listened to. Libba Bray seems to be a hit and miss for me. The Diviner's is one of my favorite books and I'm really looking forward to the sequel. I really enjoyed The Great and Terrible Beauty series when I was in high school. But hated Beauty Queens and ...
Cam is an apathetic high school student whose best interest in school is getting high. When he begins to experience hallucinations and physical reactions, he attributes it to his pot smoking. However early on in the novel Cam is diagnosed with a form of "mad cow" disease and his time is running shor...
I have read both [b:The Diviners|7728889|The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)|Libba Bray|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1336424966s/7728889.jpg|10501517] and [b:Beauty Queens|9464733|Beauty Queens|Libba Bray|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1289410187s/9464733.jpg|10808145] by Lib...
At its heart, Libba Bray's book Going Bovine is a road trip novel. From missed busses and a purchased junk car to drunken college kids to convenience store hijinks to a major theme park, this story touches all the bases. And yet, the backstory of terminal diseases, wormholes, destiny and the fate of...