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Impossible Vacation
Impossible Vacation | Spalding Gray
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Having detailed the agonies of writing a book in his monologue Monster in a Box, Spalding Gray now gives us the monster itself: a convulsively funny, unexpectedly moving novel about a man eternally searching for a moment of protected pleasure even as he is permanently incapable of finding it. Brewster North witnesses his mother's madness but misses her suicide; searches frantically for enlightenment in the Poconos and zipless sex in India; suffers family ennui in Rhode Island and a nervous breakdown in Amsterdam. In the process he emerges as a hilariously complex everyman. And as Gray narrates his hero's free fall, he confirms his own stature as one of our funniest, most eccentric, and most engaging storytellers. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Songsofhome
Songsofhome
Impossible Vacation | Spalding Gray
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Hmmm, only one week of easter holiday left AND major cleaning to do. #choices #libraryismyideaofheaven

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CherylDeFranceschi
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Impossible Vacation | Spalding Gray
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My choice for #impossible is Impossible Vacation by Spaulding Gray. He was brilliant, he was mordant, he was sad. His writing blew my mind. It's #impossible for me not to miss him when I think about him. Had the good fortune to see him do his monologue on this book live. It was one of the best things I've ever seen. Grateful. #lyricalApril

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coffeenebula Awesome. 8y
Hobbinol Oh wow!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y
Zelma He was a really fascination person. 8y
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Cinfhen I second @coffeenebula @Hobbinol amazing! But this book sounds super heavy!?? Is it??? 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @Cinfhen It is very funny, and yes, kind of heavy. But really wonderful. He was such a brilliant guy. 8y
Cinfhen I'll take a chance, thanks for sharing 😊 8y
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MrBook
MrBook
Impossible Vacation | Spalding Gray
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#TBRtemptation post! As my shift runs down, I came back to my cubicle and found this book on my desk. Hmmm, interestiinng...anyone read this before? Based on its description it seems deep and cathartic. And the prose on the jacket is amazing! A perpetual malcontent with a painful past travels the globe, particularly in the US, in a tragicomic quest to escape suffocating anxiety. Very intriguing! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

ApoptyGina69 I haven't, but I need to. My dad really liked him. I remember that copy around the house... 8y
CherylDeFranceschi I loved this book. I loved Spaulding. I miss him. 8y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 8y
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