"Imagine, as part of his act, a stand-up comedian sets fire to himself and the club in which he's performing to a sold-out crowd. Then imagine the crowd-instead of running for their lives-laughing wildly and applauding furiously as they all go up in flames. A Clockwork Aubergine is something like the literary equivalent of that." Douglas Hackle, author of CLOWN TEAR JUNKIES and THE HOTTEST GAY MAN EVER KILLED IN A SHARK ATTACKAn absurdist anti-novel...