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Clown Girl
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ISBN10: 0976631156
ISBN13: 9780976631156
Publisher: Hawthorne Books
Published: Jan 2 2007
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
Awards: Independent Publisher Book Awards, Oregon Book Awards
ISBN13: 9780976631156
Publisher: Hawthorne Books
Published: Jan 2 2007
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
Awards: Independent Publisher Book Awards, Oregon Book Awards
Reminiscent of a Charlie Chaplin film, Clown Girl is a quirky, dark satire following one young woman as she navigates the world of corporate clowning while trying to stay afloat, support her boyfriend, and maintain her sense of self along the way
Clown Girl lives in Baloneytown, a seedy neighborhood where drugs, balloon animals, and even rubber chickens contribute to the local currency. Against a backdrop of petty crime, she struggles to live her dreams, calling on cultural masters Charlie Chaplin, Kafka, and da Vinci for inspiration. In an effort to support herself and her layabout performance-artist boyfriend, Clown Girl finds herself unwittingly transformed into a corporate clown, trapping herself in a cycle of meaningless, high-paid gigs that veer dangerously close to prostitution. Monica Drake has created a novel that riffs on the high comedy of early film stars--most notably Chaplin and W. C. Fields--to raise questions of class, gender, economics, and prejudice. Resisting easy classification, this debut novel blends the bizarre, the humorous, and the gritty with stunning skill.
Clown Girl lives in Baloneytown, a seedy neighborhood where drugs, balloon animals, and even rubber chickens contribute to the local currency. Against a backdrop of petty crime, she struggles to live her dreams, calling on cultural masters Charlie Chaplin, Kafka, and da Vinci for inspiration. In an effort to support herself and her layabout performance-artist boyfriend, Clown Girl finds herself unwittingly transformed into a corporate clown, trapping herself in a cycle of meaningless, high-paid gigs that veer dangerously close to prostitution. Monica Drake has created a novel that riffs on the high comedy of early film stars--most notably Chaplin and W. C. Fields--to raise questions of class, gender, economics, and prejudice. Resisting easy classification, this debut novel blends the bizarre, the humorous, and the gritty with stunning skill.
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