He is credited with coauthoring the screenplay of war, inc. A novel by mark leyner in chm, fb2, rtf download ebook. Much like a cosmic implosion, the sugar frosted nutsack, leyners first novel since 1998, operates on a scale incomprehensibly vastthe book. The sugar frosted nutsack by mark leyner overdrive. The book is discursive and recursive at the same time, hopping from tangent to tangent, then repeating passages within those tangents. Having now read tsfn, the book often refers to itself by this acronym in its pages, i feel as if ive been trolled by the author, in the internet slang sense of the word troll. Mark leyners new novel the sugar frosted nutsack marks his return to absurdist fiction.
Mark leyner is a hyperkinetic shaman, who flies the banner of rum and candy and writes like a oneeyed feral bandit. Mar 26, 2012 the sugar frosted nutsack is a work of postmodern fiction, which is to say it reads as if the author had taken his manuscript and, after tossing in a dictionary, dropped it into a food processor and turned it on. John cusack america should treasure its rare, true original voices and mark leyner is one of them. Any opinions expressed are my honest opinions and were not impacted by my receipt of the free book.
Sugar frosted nutsack by mark leyner leaves an off taste. Goodreads members who liked the sugar frosted nutsack also liked. The sugar frosted nutsack by mark leyner little, brown. This streamofconsciousnessladen gospel gradually reveals that the book itself is the eternal story of ike karton, a 48yearold, antisemitic everyman from new jersey ike always keeps it simple and sexy, echo the drugaddled bards who serve as the books greek. If i had to summarize the plot of the sugar frosted nutsack, id be.
The sugar frosted nutsackby mark leynerlittle, brown. Sep 12, 2012 the book is named after the book that is the storys subject, and anyone who reads it becomes a character in the book, and thus, in the story. Fifteen years after his last novel, cult author mark leyner returns with another blast of ampedup postmodern razzledazzle. The sugar frosted nutsack questions and topics for. A raucous tale of gods and men confronting lust, ambition, death, and the eternal verities, it is a wildly fun, wickedly fast gambol through the.
Mark leyner talks about his new novel, the sugar frosted. Apr 01, 2012 leyners new novel, the sugar frosted nutsack, opens with the beginning of the universe. From the bestselling and wildly imaginative novelist. There is no one like mark leyner in fiction today, and with the sugar frosted nutsack, he has foundor inventeda language with which to render the insanity and selfreferentiality of our contemporary culture. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
His latest novel, the sugar frosted nutsack, is out march 26 from little, brown and sticks out like an infected, throbbing appendage compared. Gods bicker in mark leyners absurd new novel, the sugar. The book is named after the book that is the storys subject, and anyone who reads it becomes a character in the book, and thus, in the story. Leyners new book, the strange and hilarious the sugar frosted nutsack, hit stores on march 26th, and stillmans delightfully skewed fourth film, damsels in. The novel is a transcript of the experience of reading the book, and anyone who reads it becomes a part of.
In mark leyners antic novel, the universe begins when a gang of deities pulls up in a van. The resulting goulash of words is then given a title. Leyners new novel, the sugar frosted nutsack, opens with the beginning of the universe. Find books like the sugar frosted nutsack from the worlds largest community of readers. Mar 12, 20 the sugar frosted nutsack is dizzyingly brilliant. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Much like a cosmic implosion, the sugar frosted nutsack, leyners first novel since 1998, operates on a scale incomprehensibly vastthe book opens with the creation of the universeand. So theres a lot of repetition here to make that point, and also to purposely. Leyner grabs life by the nutsack in new novel arts. His new book is supremely original, delirious and synapseshattering. Mar 29, 2017 the sugar frosted nutsack is a snarky and often hilarious look at modern culture, with some sweet gentleness mixed in. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
I received a copy of the sugar frosted nutsack gratis from little brown and company. Imagine my excitement, when, after a ten year absence leyner finally put out a new book, the sugar frosted nutsack. The sugar frosted nutsack fall 2012 applications readings. Leyner grabs life by the nutsack in new novel arts the. The sugar frosted nutsack king county library system. Ritualistically recited by a cast of drugaddled bards, the sugar frosted nutsack is ikes epic story. Mark leyners new novel the sugar frosted nutsack marks his return to absurdist. An unemployed butcher from jersey city, ike is the object of affection for a host of misfit gods and goddesses. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Now hes back with a book thats funnier and more feverishly imagined than ever.
Apr 08, 2012 the sugar frosted nutsackby mark leynerlittle, brown. For the love of women, from a sugar frosted nutsack a book. The sugar frosted nutsack is fun to read, iconoclastic and, except for the easily offended, pretty harmless. For the love of women, from a sugar frosted nutsack a. A raucous tale of gods and men confronting lust, ambition, death, and the eternal verities, it is a wildly fun, wickedly fast gambol through the unmapped corridors of the imagination. This streamofconsciousnessladen gospel gradually reveals that the book itself is the eternal story of ike karton, a 48yearold.
Reading group guide 11 the sugar frosted nutsack trade paperback f1 20121217 22. Et tu, babe 1992 the tetherballs of bougainville 1998 the sugar frosted nutsack 2012 gone with the mind 2016 short story collections. Only this time, the wicked xoxo has hacked into the book and, in. Apr, 2012 parts of the sugar frosted nutsack are fiercely clever and laughoutloud hilarious. The sugar frosted nutsack is the mindbendingly musical postmodernists first novel since the tetherballs of bougainville in 1998. The book also invokes the cosmic irreverence of early kurt vonnegut with a splash of douglas adams and italo calvinos cosmicomics. Leyners style echoes that of david foster wallace, especially the dark, hyperbolic humor. The sugar frosted nutsack is an epic, endlessly recited by blind, drugaddled, vagrant bards. Mar 31, 2012 i detect the trace of leyners own ultrafine highlighter in the first sentence of the publicity letter accompanying advance copies of his new book, titled the sugar frosted nutsack, which is his. Purposefully impenetrable is a significant understatement when it comes to describing the sugar frosted nutsack, mark leyners first novel in more than a decade. The sugar frosted nutsack by mark leyner overdrive rakuten. Ya know, i didnt factcheck that or anything, but i really dont doubt it. The sugar frosted nutsack by mark leyner goodreads.
Leyner even includes a catalog of epiphanies, which it turns out are gifts of the gods. Gary shteyngart on the sugar frosted nutsack electric literature. So begins the autobiography of a feral child who was raised by huge and lurid puppets. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting. From the bestselling and wildly imaginative novelist mar. Ritualistically recited by a cast of drugaddled bards, the sugar frosted nutsack is an epic story. Jan 01, 2012 the phrase sugar frosted nutsack occurs 3,385 times in the sugar frosted nutsack including this sentence. The sugar frosted nutsack is the title of an imaginary epic tale retold, mixed and modified over the generations. Apr 11, 2012 the sugar frosted nutsack is like a powerful concentrate of ulysses, particularly the circe chapter, and ike is an evenmore degraded leopold bloomeveryman, whose day, like blooms, becomes a contemporary urban epic. Best of all, if after reading an e book, you buy a paper version of the sugar frosted nutsack.
Parts of the sugar frosted nutsack are fiercely clever and laughoutloud hilarious. Then we cut to earth in the present, to experience a bardic hymn about he whom the gods would destroy, ike karton, new jersey everyman, profane and earthy hero of his own nowhere life. The sugar frosted nutsack is a snarky and often hilarious look at modern culture, with some sweet gentleness mixed in. Books similar to the sugar frosted nutsack the sugar frosted nutsack. Jun 27, 20 the sugar frosted nutsack is dizzyingly brilliant. This book, the sugar frosted nutsack, is really not the sugar frosted nutsack that it claims to be on its surface. Mar 26, 2012 ritualistically recited by a cast of drugaddled bards, the sugar frosted nutsack is ikes epic story. Hearing mark leyner recite it is the next best thing to attending an actual live performance. Drugs themselves play a large role in the epic, most notably when ike and vance get so high on gravy. On wired, alice gregory interviews mark leyner about the publication of his latest and long, long awaited novel the sugar frosted nutsack. Apr 10, 2012 each time the sugar frosted nutsack is performed and its done so frequently by what leyner refers to hundreds of times as vagrant, drugaddled bards, everything that happens in that actual recital of the epic must be included in the next recital of the epic. The book is simultaneously another retelling of this tale and a.
The sugar frosted nutsack, by mark leyner the new york. Only this time, the wicked xoxo has hacked into the book and, in an. Whit stillman and mark leyner on their first projects in. The sugar frosted nutsack, by mark leyner the new york times.
It is past absurd lovestory that involves scenes reminiscent of alice in wonderland a human becomes 50 ft tall and part pornographic romp a plethora of dildos of an amazing variety are involved. The sugar frosted nutsack audiobook by mark leyner. That tale, we are informed, is canonically dubbed the sugar frosted nutsack, a lurid appellation whose many symbolic and literal encrustations are liberally. In 2012, leyner published his first novel in fourteen years, the sugar frosted nutsack. Well, get this, my fellow smarties, the exact same thing happens in the sugar frosted nutsack. Apr 09, 2012 then we cut to earth in the present, to experience a bardic hymn about he whom the gods would destroy, ike karton, new jersey everyman, profane and earthy hero of his own nowhere life. That tale, we are informed, is canonically dubbed the sugarfrosted nutsack, a lurid appellation whose many symbolic and literal encrustations are liberally. Gods bicker in mark leyners absurd new novel, the sugar frosted. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the sugar frosted nutsack. The sugar frosted nutsack is like a powerful concentrate of ulysses, particularly the circe chapter, and ike is an evenmore degraded leopold bloomeveryman, whose day, like blooms, becomes a contemporary urban epic. I detect the trace of leyners own ultrafine highlighter in the first sentence of the publicity letter accompanying advance copies of his. The phrase sugar frosted nutsack occurs 3,385 times in the sugar frosted nutsack including this sentence.
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