| Title | The hundred brothers |
|---|---|
| Author | Donald Antrim; w an introd. by Jonathan Franzen |
| Publication | Picador |
| Size | XIV, 188p |
| Language | ENG |
| ISBN | 9780312662196 |
| Topics |
American fiction--Humour Brothers and sisters |
| Notes | There's Rob, Bob, Tom, Paul, Ralph, and Noah; Nick, Dennis, Bertram, Russell, and Virgil. The doctor, the documentary filmmaker, and the sculptor in burning steal; the eldest, the youngest, and the celebrated perfect brother, Benedict. In Donald Antrim's mordantly funny novel The Hundred Brothers, our narrator and his colossal fraternity of ninety-eight brothers (one couldn't make it) have assembled in the crumbling library of their family's estate for a little sinister fun. Executed with the invention and intelligence of Barthelme and Pynchon, Antrim's taxonomy of male specimens is in equal proportions disturbing and absurdly hilarious. |