Hello Down There

by Michael Parker

Book Overview

Unable to face himself or the horrific deeds of his recent past, Edwin Keane withdraws from life by drugging himself, with the help of his mother and the town pharmacist, into a morphine haze. It's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140234241
• ISBN13: 9780140234244
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

The joys of detail

I loved this book. It has the descriptivness of Tom Robbins with the subtlety of Kurt Vonnogut, Jr. Parker's descriptions are flowing and easy to get sucked into. The plot has a sadness that is masked by laugh-out-loud humor, until I really stopped and considered what Parker was saying (my favorite attribute of Vonnogut). It was one of those books that I couldn't put down, then had regretted consuming so quickly once I reached the end.