Offer this to fans of Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy seeking more inspired lunacy. Bray’s surreal humor may surprise fans of her historical fantasies about Gemma Doyle, as she trains her satirical eye on modern education, American materialism and religious cults (the smoothie-drinking members of the Church of Everlasting Satisfaction and Snack ‘N’ Bowl). Either way, what readers have is an absurdist comedy in which Cameron, Gonzo (a neurotic dwarf) and Balder (a Norse god cursed to appear as a yard gnome) go on a quixotic road trip during which they learn about string theory, wormholes and true love en route to Disney World.

What takes place after he is hospitalized is either that a gorgeous angel persuades him to search for a cure that will also save the world, or that he has a vivid hallucination brought on by the disease. Then something happens to make him the focus of his family’s attention: he contracts mad cow disease. Highlights: Way to go, Libba Bray, for stepping out into something new.

The story is amazing, the characters are beautifully written, and at the end, youll have a whole new appreciation for life. Urn:lcp:goingbovine0000bray_l6i3:epub:0138310c-e06f-4801-9ac4-88ea6c5073d1 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier goingbovine0000bray_l6i3 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9q33xj66 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780385904117Ġ329858564 Lccn 2008043774 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9950 Ocr_module_version 0.0.10 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-0000398 Page_number_confidence 93.85 Pages 506 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210118143956 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 974 Scandate 20210115103834 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781448731138 Tts_version 4.Cameron Smith, 16, is slumming through high school, overshadowed by a sister “pre-majoring in perfection,” while working (ineptly) at the Buddha Burger. Going Bovine is wild, crazy, fun, comedic, scary, sad, and everything in between.

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Going bovine