Moonlight Bowl Manifesto

by Barbara Jones

When a renegade East Coast bowling team moves into the sunshine state, the bowling buddies discover the ultimate weapon in their war against political correctness. They learn the secret of a dangerous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891954164
• ISBN13: 9781891954160
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Russell Dean & Company
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Satirical Romp

In "Moonlight Bowl Manifesto: A Cure for California," Barbara Jones has fashioned a wild satirical romp over social and political correctness. When a member of a bowling team comes up with an instant wood-eating formula, the bowlers hold hostage an auditorium filled with famous people by threatening to destroy a forest, particularly a famous tree called General Sherman. The book is filled with memorable characters, such as a woman who believes her pig is the reincarnation of her dead husband, and a lawyer who has to share her body with Margaret Mitchell and a hippie. Among the other strange folks is a celebrity who has to take medication to lighten his skin and maintain his feminine characteristics, until his privileges are taken away and strange things begin to happen to his mind and body. A fun read, one that won the 2000 Georgia Author of the Year Award for First Novel.

AN ABSOLUTE RIOT

The funiest book I have read in years. If you liked The Mouse That Roared you will love this one.

Manifestly Clever

Moonlight Bowl Manifesto is a bit wacky, a little wicked and lots fun. Barbara Jones dissects contemporary California society with wit and humor. When the bowling team 'kidnaps' the chi chi California crowd, chuckles and even belly laughs are inescapable. A wonderful read--thought provoking in the best tradition of well written satire.

Out Orwelling Orwell

This book registers 7.5 on the laughter Richter Scale. Ms. Jones' talent for satire is brilliantly displayed in her first work, Moonlight Bowl Manifesto. She not only skewers the stereotypical Californian, but the rest of us-reviving us with large doses of common sense and kindness. What a funny, subtle, wise dissection of our society this is!