By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee [Import] [Paperback]

Tama Janowitz (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: PICADOR (MACM) (May 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 033035406X
• ISBN-13: 978-0330354066
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,094,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very funny, January 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee (Hardcover)

This is trash- great trash... extremely funny. I read it as a kid (maybe 12?) and haven't since, but enjoyed it thouroughly at that age.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars horrible, January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee (Hardcover)

i'd like to start by saying that up until this point, i have loved absolutely everything that i have read by tama janowitz. EVERYTHING!!!! that is why i was so disappointed with this book. it did not seem to have the wit and absurdity that the rest of her books have. i didn't find the characters interesting and the story line was so strange, it didn't even make sense. if you have not read anything by tama janowitz, i suggest starting with "cannibal in ny" or "the male cross-dressers support group". they are excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Confusing, sloppy writing, June 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee (Hardcover)

I bought this book with a new interest in Janowitz's writing following the publication of Peyton Amberg. While on the holds list at the public library for Peyton, I decided to give her earlier works a try. This particular book was so horrible, just in the first few pages, that I don't think I'll waste time with anything else she's written. The story is non-existent, the characters are all the same and the tone is just silly. I couldn't tell if the narrator was drunk, but I definitely thought the writer was too shallow and patronizing to deal with. It didn't help that the author photo shows a prissy Janowitz standing in the middle of nowhere, rolling her eyes. Rolling her eyes at her own book, I think. I wouldn't recommend this insult to anyone!