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by David E Rosage
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by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Afterlife Diet, The
by Daniel Pinkwater
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Random House (1995-02-28)
ISBN: 0679419365
EAN: 9780679419365
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Hardcover: 259 pages
Edition: 1st
Release Date: 1995-02-28
SKU: mon0000042090
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Ex-library Book. Stated first edition.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In a heaven reserved for the obese, Milton Green, a second-rate editor who died under mysterious circumstances, ponders his life, his romance with an equally obese woman, and the conditions of his demise. 15,000 first printing. Tour.
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Customer Reviews
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one comment about the plot
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-05-08
spoiler
one place this book goes "off the rails" is this three book section in the middle. I believe this part was deliberately bad, compared to the rest of the book, to give context to how bad of an author the protagonist was and also to give the reader and incentive to skip that section. I think readers weren't suppose to read the entire shark discount pharmacy parking lot in the middle, I think it was a test of your patience to see if you were more like the writer or more like the publisher.
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Ahhh what a story
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-06
Pinkwater has a great way of telling a story. Just enough Chicago to keep the listener listening. Why aren't these in audiobooks? Whatever happened to Chinwag Theatre. Ahhh what a story.
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Best Fat-Afterlife Book I've Read
Rating  (4)
Date: 2002-10-29
I'm a big fan of originality, and this book didn't disappoint. while it seemed to make a lot out of a little, seemed a bit 'padded' (HA) at times, and contained perhaps the worst sci-fi short story I've ever read (One word: wereakeets), I nonetheless chuckled all the way through. Hardly great literature, but it achieved its intended effect. It made me laugh.
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Uneven adult novel; Power to the Pulchritudious!
Rating (4)
Date: 2001-12-15
Daniel Pinkwater is best known for his childrens' and young adults' books. Really odd and off-beat stuff, best enjoyed by kids destined not to be consumer drones and conformists.I once talked with an editor who knew Mr. Pinkwater. I asked him what he was up to. "He's said he's doing a book for adults," replied the fellow, "Which could be really scary, because it could have sex in it. Can you imagine Pinkwater writing about sex?" Hmmmm . . . _The Afterlife Diet_ is indeed his first novel for grown-ups (although he's written for adults before, in his collections of fine essays and reminscences). It could be called a "fat lib" book. Most of its characters are great big folks. Some are alive, some are dead. We see them dealing with the afterlife (it's segregated; The Other Side for hefty folks appears to be an indifferently run Borscht Belt resort), with dating, and careers. It does have sex, although nothing explicit, although we learn enough to know that it takes place in a tub of hot water infused with hot-dog spices.
There are a lot of cool characters and situations here here, such as a psychiatrist who conducts therapy sessions in a deli, and a crazed fat-doctor. A lot of the pain expressed must come from personal experience. But a good chunk of the book reads as though it were filler. There are bits about a gummy alien, and an outline for a sprawling SF epic set in the vast parking lot of a interstellar retail complex. Much of this is funny, but it doesn't quite fit in. I ultimately enjoyed this one, and hope The Captain writes another book for grownups.
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Not for young kids
Rating  (3)
Date: 2001-05-09
Just to make it clear to kids and parents: this is NOT one of Pinkwater's whimsical books for kids. My eleven-year-old son recently ordered it from Amazon, having lived on a diet of Pinkwater for the last couple of months. Thrilled to receive it after much anticipation, he started to read. A few minutes later he brought it to his Mom, pointing out the words "f*ck" and "bastard" in the first few pages. He was *very* disappointed, not so much because of the words, but because it caught him by surprise; he felt let down. "It's **Pinkwater!** What happened?!"I'm buying it back from him so he can spend his money elsewhere. (If I like it I'll post another review saying what Dad thinks of the book.)
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