You can try to escape from the mundane, or with the help of Paul Di Filippo, you can take a short, meaningful break from it. In the vein of George Saunders or Michael Chabon, Di Filippo uses the tools of science fiction and the surreal to take a deep, richly felt look at humanity. His brand of funny, quirky, thoughtful, fast-moving, heart-warming, brain-bending stories exist across the entire spectrum of the fantastic from hard science fiction to satire to fantasy and on to horror, delivering a riotously entertaining string of modern fables and stories from tomorrow, now and anytime. After you read Paul Di Filippo, you’ll no longer see everyday life quite the same.An orphaned boy in the Caribbean, named Readers Digest (after the magazine), but referred to mainly as “Ardy,” is deeply inspired by his readings of the stories that appear in his namesake magazine and conceives a notion of making a pilgrimage to the Digest HQ in Pleasantville, New York and embarks on an odyssey to what he envisions as the most important symbolic beacon of the wonderfulness that is America. A simple trip turns complicated and Ardy meets an endless stream of very odd and unusual characters as his journey progresses to an unexpected finish.Originally published: 2000, in a limited edition of 300 copies. First reprint.words : 69151

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Di Filippo, Paul

Paul Di Filippo

Cambrian Pubns, Campbell, California, U.s.a.

Cambrian Publications

W C S Books

Limited Signed Ed edition, April 30, 2001

United States, United States of America

Limited signed edition, PS, 2000

1st ed, San Jose, CA, ©2000

You can try to escape from the mundane, or with the help of Paul Di Filippo, you can take a short, meaningful break from it. In the vein of George Saunders or Michael Chabon, Di Filippo uses the tools of science fiction and the surreal to take a deep, richly felt look at humanity. His brand of funny, quirky, thoughtful, fast-moving, heart-warming, brain-bending stories exist across the entire spectrum of the fantastic from hard science fiction to satire to fantasy and on to horror, delivering a riotously entertaining string of modern fables and stories from tomorrow, now and anytime. After you read Paul Di Filippo, you’ll no longer see everyday life quite the same.
An orphaned boy in the Caribbean, named Readers Digest (after the magazine), but referred to mainly as “Ardy,” is deeply inspired by his readings of the stories that appear in his namesake magazine and conceives a notion of making a pilgrimage to the Digest HQ in Pleasantville, New York and embarks on an odyssey to what he envisions as the most important symbolic beacon of the wonderfulness that is America. A simple trip turns complicated and Ardy meets an endless stream of very odd and unusual characters as his journey progresses to an unexpected finish.
Originally published: 2000, in a limited edition of 300 copies. First reprint.

A plucky Caribbean orphan named after his inspirational reading material, the lad called Reader's Digest fastens upon the big-hearted mission of a pilgrimage to the Pleasantville, NY, Digest HQ, there to thank in person the men and women who have so fortified his soul. A simple enough journey, one would reckon. But unforeseen events have a way of interfering with even the most high-minded pursuits. The youth fails to reckon first with the intolerant minions of the US Immigration Service, in the irate persons of Messrs Johnson and Johnson. Separated from his foul-mouthed guide, Mister Enrico, our fleet-footed lad is soon swept up in the chaotic affairs of a militantly right-wing veterinarian; a nymphomaniac member of the monied classes; a banker turned reluctant Black Hand thug; a Generation-X Savonarola; Father Jim, a regular Che Guevara in clerical garb; and various charming lady loves and pugilistically inclined ruffians

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