Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George Smith appears to be under attack from all quarters. His former wife and four horrible children are suing to get his money, and someone is sending him threatening letters. Despite some very elaborate precautions, he remains worried. So he builds a mausoleum in which to live.
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I wish I had written this book, but I didn't, so I'm glad he did. On the rare occasion I bring the title up I am not surprised to find that no one's ever even heard of it's author. I still haven't met in person anyone else who has read this book.It's a perfect story, but not the kind I would read to my nieces or buy for my grandmother. I still recommend it to anyone who has ever thought that something's not quite right and they can't decide if the people they meet are really as convoluted and arrogant as they think, or if maybe it's just them. Anyone wants to read the greatest book of their life, well this might be it, so don't think too hard and try it.
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Donleavy's humor insists there is something to laugh about in this world, but then you realise that what you are laughing out-loud at is, at best, something disgusting, or rude, or utterly insane... chicken soup for the soul.
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Miss Martin, Miss Tomson, George Smith, Merry Mansions, Golf Street, Owl Street, Sally Tomson, The Game Club, Cinder Village, Dizzy Darling, Eagle Street, Renown Cemetery, The Goose Goes Inn, Jesus Christ, Pomfret Manor, Worrisome River, Golden Avenue, Electricity Street Dear Sir, Flat Fourteen, The Excelsior, Ann Martin, Cedric Calvin Bonniface Clementine, Doctor Fear, Herr Patient, Herr Shrinker New!
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- Studies in Interpretation, Volume II by Esther M. DOYLE on page 285, and page 293
- Riding the Yellow Trolley Car: Selected Nonfiction by William J. Kennedy on page 117, and page 118
- Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson by Paul Perry on page 86
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