'the Wacky Misadventures of Warble McGorkle' is a picaresque satire that traces its literary lineage back to 'Don Quixote', 'Huckleberry Finn', and 'A Confederacy of Dunces'. Through the protagonist's zany antics, it pokes fun at the 'get rich quick' and 'get rich by any means possible' philosophies prevalent in today's society. Warble McGorkle, the protagonist, considers himself a genius. In reality, he is a jumble-headed, paranoid megalomaniac. My novel is the (somewhat darkly) humorous account of his meteoric rise from drifter to President of the United States. Warble and his wife Mary crisscross the U.S.A. at breakneck speed, as Warble endeavors to stay one step ahead of pursuers (most of them imaginary). Everywhere he and Mary go, Warble concocts a cockamamie scheme to get fabulously rich and to propel himself to the pinnacle of society, where his fame--so he reasons, anyway--will make him safe from the forces supposedly arrayed against him. Among several other ventures, Warble: Forms a polka punk band in St. Augustine, Florida; Creates a reality-TV show named 'Bad Boyz Behind Barz', which makes use of webcams in federal penitentiaries; Markets himself as a super-hero, 'The Color-Blind Chameleon', using his manufactured fame to land lucrative endorsement contracts; and founds a biotech firm that produces and sells a pill which transforms the pill ingester's personality. Finally, after serving a term as governor of the state of Wisconsin, Warble, along with his wife Mary as his Vice Presidential running mate, is elected President of the United States.
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Clay Shannon is the author of “Twisted Roads”, a novel detailing the events that are set into motion following the abduction of a young girl by a paroled sex offender. More information on this book can be found at either: http://www.gubookstore.com/shopgu/author.php3?accountID=GRTU00694 or: http://hometown.aol.com/bclayshannon/myhomepage/index.html A native Northern Californian (born in the north coast town of Fort Bragg, raised in the gold rush country of Calaveras county), Shannon has lived in seven states and visited forty-nine. Besides English, he speaks German and Object Pascal. He currently resides in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, with his wife and their two sons (not to mention a canine named ‘Ranger’ and felines named ‘Wells’, ‘Ballou’, and ‘Stevens’). You can reach him by sending e-mail to: BClayShannon@aol.com
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This review is from: The Wacky Misadventures of Warble McGorkle (Paperback)
As a character Warble is pretty good. Good enough, in fact, to carry the reader through the first fifty pages - unfortunately, the book last for another three hundred. This book may have been better if Warble had a decent supporting cast (Mary isn't good enough - too much witlessness and not enough foil) but as it is the novel is just a dull and monotonous rant with the occasional get rich quick scheme. Comedy is made in contrast and this book just didn't have it.
Oh, and the narration that crops up at the end of nearly every chapter is terrible - as is Warble was omniscient and narrating his own novel. In short this book is a one trick pony - Warble, who is not funny enough on his own to fuel the whole story.
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Growing nervous due to the late hour, and not having heard any sounds emanating from the room, the secret service agents rap on the door of the presidential suite. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Mary, Color-Blind Chameleon, Citizen Page, International Nut Company, Oompa Loompa, New York, The Bullfrog, United States, Jean Jacques, Civil War, Warble Poundcake, Coney Island, Plumpo Tiddlywink, Vice President, Earlybird Fortitude, Angels Hotel, Bad Boyz Behind Barz, Baton Rouge, Bob Shiska, Bruce Boxleitner, Cogg Nieto, Dragonfly Drive, East Helena, East River, Fuzzy Wuzzy New!
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Growing nervous due to the late hour, and not having heard any sounds emanating from the room, the secret service agents rap on the door of the presidential suite. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Mary, Color-Blind Chameleon, Citizen Page, International Nut Company, Oompa Loompa, New York, The Bullfrog, United States, Jean Jacques, Civil War, Warble Poundcake, Coney Island, Plumpo Tiddlywink, Vice President, Earlybird Fortitude, Angels Hotel, Bad Boyz Behind Barz, Baton Rouge, Bob Shiska, Bruce Boxleitner, Cogg Nieto, Dragonfly Drive, East Helena, East River, Fuzzy Wuzzy New!
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- Word Power: An Entertaining Way to Enrich Your Language Skills by Reader's Digest Editors on page 68
- John Steinbeck (Modern Literature Monographs) by Paul McCarthy on page 188
- Twisted Roads by Clay Shannon in Back Matter
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