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Gush

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Keith Abbott's first novel, Gush, takes apart and puts back together the lives of the people in an unemployment office in Monterey, California, 1967. The characters in Gush include: Buck Gush, 132-year-old laid-ff Pony Express rider; arch bureaucrat Elmira Gush; Pinnochio Gush, the case-worker who had his face flattened to appear more neutral; unemployed Korean translator Magic Eddy Gush; a moth-balled U.S. army anti-aircraft cannon eligible for unemployment benefits; Buddy GUsh, host of the unemployment office's televised daytime game show, "How Fucked Up Are You?"; out-of-work hit-man Gus Gush; Fu Manchu Gush, former pitcher for the old Boston Creams ; Knobby Gush, who gives up his "job" singing along with Frank Sinatra at Beer Springs, cashes in his life insurance and goes to search for The Lost Indian Gold Mine at Big Sur; and many other lesser Gushes...

ISBN: 0912652179

ISBN 13: 9780912652177

Gush

3/5 ( ratings)

Keith Abbott's first novel, Gush, takes apart and puts back together the lives of the people in an unemployment office in Monterey, California, 1967. The characters in Gush include: Buck Gush, 132-year-old laid-ff Pony Express rider; arch bureaucrat Elmira Gush; Pinnochio Gush, the case-worker who had his face flattened to appear more neutral; unemployed Korean translator Magic Eddy Gush; a moth-balled U.S. army anti-aircraft cannon eligible for unemployment benefits; Buddy GUsh, host of the unemployment office's televised daytime game show, "How Fucked Up Are You?"; out-of-work hit-man Gus Gush; Fu Manchu Gush, former pitcher for the old Boston Creams ; Knobby Gush, who gives up his "job" singing along with Frank Sinatra at Beer Springs, cashes in his life insurance and goes to search for The Lost Indian Gold Mine at Big Sur; and many other lesser Gushes...

ISBN: 0912652179

ISBN 13: 9780912652177

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