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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Few novels attempting a deliberately bad explanation of the uncertainty principle could surpass this inspired romp from first-time novelist Felber, a comedian and TV writer. Several characters' disparate lives intersect in a Rube Goldbergesque sequence of events. There's Dr. Erwin Schrödinger, Nobel prize winner in physics, who demonstrated the fallacy of Heisenberg's theory of quantum uncertainty via his famous cat experiment, and the President of the Free State of Montana, who is fleeing to Cambridge, Mass., after an off-the-grid shootout with the Feds. Meanwhile, in Harvard Square, Johnny Felix Decaté, a young musician who is both dead and not dead (like Schrödinger's theoretical cat), is acting in ways that puzzle his friends; homeless woman Brenda is rewriting the history of the world; and the Prophet Bernie, a schizophrenic homeless man, is waiting for God's command to cross the street. All come together via a freakish truck crash that has lasting impact for all. Felber's debut is illogically, warmly entertaining. (Aug. 15)
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From Booklist
Felber, comedian, television writer, and panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me, frolics in the fields of science in this wacky tale revolving around four friends in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the late celebrated physicist Erwin Schrodinger, and a cat that may be alive or dead, depending on one's perspective. The cast of this crackling comic novel fills two pages and includes Earl Anderson, president of the Free State of Montana, summarily deposed after declaring war on the rest of the U.S.; Johnny Felix Decate, a musician with gun-cleaning skills that leave much to be desired; and temporary employee Deborah Johnstone, whose marathon orgasms belong in Ripley's Believe It or Not. Like physics itself, the manner in which these characters' lives intersect defies simple description. Suffice it to say, Schrodinger's Ball bounces among love, madness, and the invention and promotion of the World's Largest Molecule. While Felber's narrative antics are tiresome at times (like the mentally unbalanced character of Brenda, who rewrites the history of the world), his wit and linguistic acrobatics make this clever mind-bender worth the ride. Allison Block
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Few novels attempting a deliberately bad explanation of the uncertainty principle could surpass this inspired romp from first-time novelist Felber, a comedian and TV writer. Several characters' disparate lives intersect in a Rube Goldbergesque sequence of events. There's Dr. Erwin Schrödinger, Nobel prize winner in physics, who demonstrated the fallacy of Heisenberg's theory of quantum uncertainty via his famous cat experiment, and the President of the Free State of Montana, who is fleeing to Cambridge, Mass., after an off-the-grid shootout with the Feds. Meanwhile, in Harvard Square, Johnny Felix Decaté, a young musician who is both dead and not dead (like Schrödinger's theoretical cat), is acting in ways that puzzle his friends; homeless woman Brenda is rewriting the history of the world; and the Prophet Bernie, a schizophrenic homeless man, is waiting for God's command to cross the street. All come together via a freakish truck crash that has lasting impact for all. Felber's debut is illogically, warmly entertaining. (Aug. 15)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Felber, comedian, television writer, and panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me, frolics in the fields of science in this wacky tale revolving around four friends in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the late celebrated physicist Erwin Schrodinger, and a cat that may be alive or dead, depending on one's perspective. The cast of this crackling comic novel fills two pages and includes Earl Anderson, president of the Free State of Montana, summarily deposed after declaring war on the rest of the U.S.; Johnny Felix Decate, a musician with gun-cleaning skills that leave much to be desired; and temporary employee Deborah Johnstone, whose marathon orgasms belong in Ripley's Believe It or Not. Like physics itself, the manner in which these characters' lives intersect defies simple description. Suffice it to say, Schrodinger's Ball bounces among love, madness, and the invention and promotion of the World's Largest Molecule. While Felber's narrative antics are tiresome at times (like the mentally unbalanced character of Brenda, who rewrites the history of the world), his wit and linguistic acrobatics make this clever mind-bender worth the ride. Allison Block
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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