Scream Queens of the Dead Sea: A Novel

Scream Queens of the Dead Sea: A Novel
by Gilad Elbom

Scream Queens of the Dead Sea: A Novel
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Author: Gilad Elbom
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-03
ISBN: 1568583222
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press

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Book Review: It's not before you finish it that you'll be able to put this book down
Summary: 5 Stars

Its subtitle says it all. In his highly impressive debut novel, Gilad Elbom zaps between sex, heavy-metal and linguistics (not to mention crazy people) and takes you right along with him. Sometimes photorealistic down to the institutional kosher blue and orange cups familiar to most Israelis, then just as easily hilarious and over-the-top, this is fresh and well worth the read.

Summary of Scream Queens of the Dead Sea: A Novel

When a young graduate of the Israeli army decides to moonlight as an assistant nurse at a mental institution in Jerusalem, the job seems like a nice break from everyday life in the Promised Land. What could be easier than exercising power over a small group of heavily medicated zombies? But as the human inventory inside the insane asylum begins to mirror the psychotic norms of the outside world, the inexperienced ex-soldier finds himself trapped in a hilarious yet terrifying freak show, surrounded by a motley crew of mad patients gone madder: a religious poet who writes obsessive love sonnets to a Hollywood porn queen, a charming racist who wears only purple, a criminally insane murderer who doesn't believe in anything (not even in nihilism) . . . and that's just for starters. Here is a fast-and-furious first novel saturated with ruminations on sexual aberration, heavy metal, structural linguistics, horror movies, and satanic poetry - the good things in life.

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