The Wacky Misadventures of Warble McGorkle
by Clay Shannon
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Author: Clay ShannonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-02
ISBN: 1588989682
Number of pages: 340
Publisher: BookSurge
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Book Review: Best to avoid.
Summary: 1 Stars
As a character Warble is pretty good. Good enough, in fact, to carry the reader through the first fifty pages - unfortunately, the book last for another three hundred. This book may have been better if Warble had a decent supporting cast (Mary isn't good enough - too much witlessness and not enough foil) but as it is the novel is just a dull and monotonous rant with the occasional get rich quick scheme. Comedy is made in contrast and this book just didn't have it.
Oh, and the narration that crops up at the end of nearly every chapter is terrible - as is Warble was omniscient and narrating his own novel. In short this book is a one trick pony - Warble, who is not funny enough on his own to fuel the whole story.
Summary of The Wacky Misadventures of Warble McGorkle
'the Wacky Misadventures of Warble McGorkle' is a picaresque satire that traces its literary lineage back to 'Don Quixote', 'Huckleberry Finn', and 'A Confederacy of Dunces'. Through the protagonist's zany antics, it pokes fun at the 'get rich quick' and 'get rich by any means possible' philosophies prevalent in today's society. Warble McGorkle, the protagonist, considers himself a genius. In reality, he is a jumble-headed, paranoid megalomaniac. My novel is the (somewhat darkly) humorous account of his meteoric rise from drifter to President of the United States. Warble and his wife Mary crisscross the U.S.A. at breakneck speed, as Warble endeavors to stay one step ahead of pursuers (most of them imaginary). Everywhere he and Mary go, Warble concocts a cockamamie scheme to get fabulously rich and to propel himself to the pinnacle of society, where his fame--so he reasons, anyway--will make him safe from the forces supposedly arrayed against him. Among several other ventures, Warble: Forms a polka punk band in St. Augustine, Florida; Creates a reality-TV show named 'Bad Boyz Behind Barz', which makes use of webcams in federal penitentiaries; Markets himself as a super-hero, 'The Color-Blind Chameleon', using his manufactured fame to land lucrative endorsement contracts; and founds a biotech firm that produces and sells a pill which transforms the pill ingester's personality. Finally, after serving a term as governor of the state of Wisconsin, Warble, along with his wife Mary as his Vice Presidential running mate, is elected President of the United States.Action & Adventure Books
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