Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary
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Author: Donald Antrim ISBN: 9781429977371
Publisher: Picador Publication: June 5, 2012
Imprint: Picador Language: English
Author: Donald Antrim
ISBN: 9781429977371
Publisher: Picador
Publication: June 5, 2012
Imprint: Picador
Language: English

"A dark, suburban fantasy . . . richly funny, even whimsical, and bizarrely familiar." —The New***Yorker***

In the seaside community of Donald Antrim's Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World, the citizens are restless. The mayor has fired stinger missiles into the Botanical Garden reflecting pool, and his public execution was a messy affair. As these hawkish suburbanites fortify their houses with deadly moats and land mines, a former third-grade teacher named Pete Robinson steps forward with a tenuous bid to replace the mayor. But can anyone satisfy the terrible will of the people? By turns funny and phantasmagorical, fiercely intelligent and imaginative, Donald Antrim's story of suburban civics turned macabre is a new American classic.

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"A dark, suburban fantasy . . . richly funny, even whimsical, and bizarrely familiar." —The New***Yorker***

In the seaside community of Donald Antrim's Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World, the citizens are restless. The mayor has fired stinger missiles into the Botanical Garden reflecting pool, and his public execution was a messy affair. As these hawkish suburbanites fortify their houses with deadly moats and land mines, a former third-grade teacher named Pete Robinson steps forward with a tenuous bid to replace the mayor. But can anyone satisfy the terrible will of the people? By turns funny and phantasmagorical, fiercely intelligent and imaginative, Donald Antrim's story of suburban civics turned macabre is a new American classic.

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