Whim
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.58 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1493653040 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Subsequently he received a PhD in psychology, also from Columbia. He married his wife, Ann, on June 30, 1956. He has three children. He received a BA from Cornell University and an MA from Columbia University. . George Cockcroft (AKA Luke Rhinehart) was born in the United States, son of an engineer and a civil servant
-- Bestsellers (UK). Anarchic, hip, subversive and comic -- The Times, LondonOne of my favorite reads of the year Pure Entertainment. -- Belfast TelegraphOne of the great comic novels of the decade pure delight with a smile built into just about every line. -- Peter Tennant in The Third Alternative, Issue 27, Summer 2001Zany, bizarre, inventive often touching
Whim I really enjoyed Whim. It makes you think deeply. It's not all whimsey.. Chompiras Melquisadek said Not as good as some of his other books. Although I did like this book. I liked The Dice Man and The Book of est much much better. They are absolute classics.. 20 years ago Robert Priller I read it. And now once more. One of my favorite books of all times. Hope you will enjoy it as much as me.
"One of my favorite reads of the year Pure entertainment" — Belfast Telegraph; "Anarchic, hip, subversive and comic " — The Times, London; One of the great comic novels of the decade, (WHIM) is pure delight, a book with a smile built into just about every line. As a high school football star just discovering sex, Whim is distracted from his quest by being in love with the brainy, sexy but very moral Dawn, and also by his rival Billy Best, who wants to discover u.t. --Peter Tennant, reviewing all of Luke’s books in The Third Alternative, Issue 27.. WHIM tells the story of a very Magical Indian boy who finds that he has been sent to earth by his Father Lord Chance to discover the Big U.T.—ultimate truth. In Whim Rhinehart gives us an innocent abroad in the tradition of Candide, Don Quixote and Michael Valentine Smith, while the comments of Billy, his pompous father, and the highly moral Dawn provide hilarious counterpoint to events in Whim’s li