No Tacos for Saddam (Audio Cassette)

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Product Description

Sometimes grouch and always perspective commentator for NPR's All Things Considered, Codrescu talks of many things, from eternal life, the normal family, crab enchiladas, obscenity in search of art to his hometown of Sibu, Romania.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Audio Literature (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574531433
• ISBN-13: 978-1574531435
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,007,171 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AC's intrigue, August 16, 2001

By	jordan Liebman (Lombard, IL United States) - See all my reviews

Anyone who is open minded enough to appreciate Spoken Word art really should take notice of this guy. He's WAY out there, and I think we all need to get WAY out there every now and then. I first heard this on CD when it came out. I listened to the whole thing and it just pulled me in. I'd never heard anything like it before in spoken word or elsewhere. It was closer I think to poetry than to stories. In each track, Mr. Codrescu paints a picture for the listener to digest and interpret. Most of the tracks have a serious message, but I like the way he uses sarcam, cynicism and humor to get the point across. Some of my favorite tracks are the one about Burger King, also the track where he has a conversation with his son about drugs, and the one about being a bored kid in the gymnasium school in Romania. Actually they're all really good. Anyhow, the reason I checked in here is because somewhere in my last move I lost the CD and I'm finally getting around to replacing it. Unfortunately it looks as though it isn't available as CD anymore. Oh well. I'll have to settle for a tape. It's better than not having it in my collection at all. [e-mail]

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AC's intrigue, August 16, 2001

By	jordan Liebman (Lombard, IL United States) - See all my reviews

Anyone who is open minded enough to appreciate Spoken Word art really should take notice of this guy. He's WAY out there, and I think we all need to get WAY out there every now and then. I first heard this on CD when it came out. I listened to the whole thing and it just pulled me in. I'd never heard anything like it before in spoken word or elsewhere. It was closer I think to poetry than to stories. In each track, Mr. Codrescu paints a picture for the listener to digest and interpret. Most of the tracks have a serious message, but I like the way he uses sarcam, cynicism and humor to get the point across. Some of my favorite tracks are the one about Burger King, also the track where he has a conversation with his son about drugs, and the one about being a bored kid in the gymnasium school in Romania. Actually they're all really good. ...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HILL LARIOUS!, November 10, 1997

By A Customer

His bit about VAMPIRES is NOT TO BE MISSED!!