Title: The Hereafter Gang
Title Record # 1791
Author: Neal Barrett, Jr.
Date: 1991-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Neal Barrett, Jr.
Date: 1991-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: From the front flap of the Ziesing first edition: "On a hot summer Texas afternoon, Cindy Nance introduces young Doug Hoover to the two great secrets of life. Doug likes the first secret a lot. The second, that guys grow up and go to work, doesn't appeal to him at all. A series of meaningless marriages and do-nothing jobs prove Cindy was right. Turned off by the present, Doug tries to recapture the joys of his past - Captain Marvel and cinnamon squares, Dr. Pepper and window-peeking fun.
Nothing goes right until Doug meets Sue Jean, the culmination of a lifetime enchantment with mean-eyed Southern girls, his all-time carhop queen. Reality takes a hard right and never slows down. Doug, Sue Jean, and readers who can hang on tight are swept through an indescribable romp that gives new meaning to life, death, and roadside romance.
There are enough bizarre characters here to fill several institutions: Crime czars, proctologists, Western outlaws, dog-fighting aviators and trout-fishing Huns. The Hereafter Gang is a literary accomplishment of rare insight and pure pleasure. Barrett"s sense of humor is unexcelled. His ability to stir fantasy and reality into a delightful souffle redefines the term "magic realism.""
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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6 | 1992 Locus | Best Fantasy Novel |
Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Hereafter Gang | 1991-00-00 | Neal Barrett, Jr. | Mark V. Ziesing | 0-929480-55-4 | $60.00?$: US dollar |
348 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Don Ivan Punchatz | |
The Hereafter Gang | 1991-02-00 | Neal Barrett, Jr. | Mark V. Ziesing | 0-929480-54-6 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
348 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Don Ivan Punchatz | |
The Hereafter Gang | 1999-00-00 | Neal Barrett, Jr. | Mojo Press | 1-885418-21-3 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
289 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by Edward Bryant (1991) in Locus, #361 February 1991
- Review by Robert Morrish (1991) in Pulphouse: A Weekly Fiction Magazine, July 27, 1991
- Review by T. W. Knowles, II (1991) in Starlog, October 1991
- Review by Bruce Gillespie (2010) in SF Commentary, #80A