ISBN: 9780595447633

Maurice Gandy creates a looping, feverish narrative in this collection of riveting rhyme about sun, sand, and the search for the perfect wave. The Calpocalypse describes the wanderings of… Meer...

Maurice Gandy creates a looping, feverish narrative in this collection of riveting rhyme about sun, sand, and the search for the perfect wave. The Calpocalypse describes the wanderings of a group of itinerant California surfers on the beaches of San Francisco and Mexico in the 1960s. A far cry from Funicello and Avalon, characters like Macho Peaches, The Duke of Tan, and Coyote Conquistador introduce us to the real psycho-spiritual world of the surfers' esoteric lifestyle. The action begins when a riot on the beach triggers an escape to the Ultimate Toolies in the mountains. An unfortunate encounter with a mountain cat causes another sudden flight, this time to Mexico where even the unwritten laws of the surfing gods don't apply. Things get wilder when a few of the surfers join the religious cult of the Reverend Cosmo Tease, while others are challenged to daring feats at the mysterious San Andreas Fault. In a climactic finale, we learn who defied the limits, who bailed, and who got axed. Whatever happens to them, each one of Gandy's funny, engrossing characters is altered forever-as is the reader-by the experience of The Calpocalypse. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, iUniverse, Incorporated Core >1<

2007, ISBN: 9780595447633

iUniverse, Paperback, 392 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-12-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.58 kg, American, Regional & Cultural, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Subjects, Books, iUniverse, 2007

2007, ISBN: 0595447635

Kartoniert / Broschiert Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:iUniverse]

2007, ISBN: 0595447635

[EAN: 9780595447633], Nouveau livre, [SC: 8.22], [PU: Author Solutions, Inc.], pp. 396, Books

ISBN: 9780595447633

paperback, [PU: Authors Choice Press; Writers Club Press]