Gold Fools

by Gilbert Sorrentino and Sheila A. Sorrentino

Book Overview

The most recent novel by the noted American novelist Gilbert Sorrentino. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892295679
• ISBN13: 9781892295675
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Green Integer
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Go West, Young Reader

Damn, this is a funny book! Sorrentino subverts the Western novel with a ludicrous tale of hunting for gold narrated entirely in interrogative sentences. Reminiscent in some ways of the boys' novel parody in "Misterioso," Sorrentino has a field day with the traditions and lingo of the Western, as well as going off on riffs concerning contemporary culture. Throughout, Sorrentino interrogates our use of language, especially our reliance on cliches; a linguistic hygienist, Sorrentino questions any sloppy misuse of language, knowing that sloppy language can lead to sloppy thinking. The Western genre has attracted many innovative writers--Coover, Brautigan, Kesey, even William Gaddis wrote a Western screenplay, unfortunately never produced--but Sorrentino's inquisitorial contribution is the funniest.