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Cosmic Banditos [Mass Market Paperback]

A. C. Weisbecker (Author)
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Book Description

March 1, 2001
Soon to be a major motion picture starring John Cusack!

Mr. Quark is a down-on-his luck pot-smuggler hiding out in the mountains of Colombia with his dog, High Pockets, and a small band of banditos led by the irascible Jose. Only months before, these three and their fearless associates were rolling in millions in cash and high-grade marijuana, eluding prosecution on “ridiculously false” drug and terrorism charges. But times have quickly grown lean, and to liven up their exile, Jose decides to mug a family of American tourists.

Among the spoils are physics texts, which launch Mr. Quark on a side-splitting, boisterous adventure north to California, where he confronts the owner of the books with his own theories on relativity, the nature of the universe, and looking for the meaning of life in all the wrong places….


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Outrageous...An absurd and highly entertaining comic romp. -- Booklist

About the Author

ALLAN C. WEISBECKER, novelist, screenwriter, memoirist, and surfer, is the author of Cosmic Banditos, In Search of Captain Zero, and Can't You Get Along With Anyone? A Writer's Memoir and a Tale of a Lost Surfer's Paradise. He has written articles for surfing magazines and has collaborated in writing screen and television scripts, including Crime Story and Miami Vice. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: NAL Trade (March 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0451203062
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451203069
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Aaahhhh!", December 6, 2000
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Aaron Robnett (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is currently my Favorite Book of All Time. It has everything--Tequila, Doggy Sneese Attacks, Nymphomaniacs and Albert Einstein (just to mention a few). It's laugh-out-loud funny, but is also deep and personally reflective at times. I think anyone who reads this book will have their Worldview shaken up. If you know someone who takes themself a little too seriously, this book could be therapy for them. It makes me wonder what my life would've been like if I had never bought this book. Maybe somewhere in another dinension I am wandering around without "Cosmic Banditos." That would be a shame.

I definitely recommend getting your hands on this book...... Good luck banditos.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book will change your life--kind of!!, April 18, 1997
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When a friend of mine approached me with an old book of his a few years ago named "Cosmic Banditos" all I could do was laugh. However, the last laugh was difinitely on me. Never had I read such a hilarious, nonsensical, and metaphysical book. If only more people had heard of "cosmic Banditos," I truly think it would have become a genuine cult classic. If you haven't read this tale of drugs, corruption, fate, and Mexican spoofs, now is the time to BUY
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I love stumbling across little gems likes this one!!, November 28, 2001
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On a non-related Amazon search I stumbled across this book. I was compelled to read it due to the excellent reviews it had received. And after reading it, I am glad to report that Cosmic Banditos is one of the coolest books I have ever read. I am not one to normally laugh out loud when reading, but this book was the exception. I couldn't keep the chuckles in! The author manages to meld two completely non-related subjects of drug running and quantum mechanics into a seamless and captivating tale. This book is a must buy for people who enjoy out of the norm books, or those who just want a change from the more serious titles usually found on best seller lists. Heck this book should be a must buy for ANYBODY who likes to laugh, period!
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I am very poor right now. Read the first page
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complete crock, little burro, many worlds interpretation, treetop level
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High Pockets, Don Juan, Señor Rodriguez, Sausalito Banditos, Dope Lord, Looney Tune, Great Spirit, Holiday Inn, Santa Marta, University of Barranquilla, Big Bang, Colonel Menendez, New Physics, San Francisco, Underlying Nature of Reality, Full-Blown Bandito, South America, Bandito Strongholds, Double Slit Experiment, Admiral's Inn, Costa Rica, International Trib, Mount Gay, Subatomic Phenomena, Subatomic Units
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