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Robert Coover's wicked and surreally comic novel takes place at a chilling, ribald, and absolutely fascinating party. Amid the drunken guests, a woman turns up murdered on the living room floor. Around the corpse, one of several the evening produces, Gerald's party goes on --... Read Full Overview

Ros is dead. A bad actress but a tremendous lover when she was alive her thighs pillowed cast members crew friends and acquaintances. Now Gerald's party continues around her murdered corpse (it is after all just the first of the night) as the guests indulge in drinking flirting... Read Full Overview

Robert Coover's wicked and surreally comic novel takes place at a chilling, ribald, and absolutely fascinating party. Amid the drunken guests, a woman turns up murdered on the living room floor. Around the corpse, one of several the evening produces, Gerald's party goes on -... Read Full Overview