Jed the Dead
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- 2,99 €
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- 2,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
His whole life, Ross Ed Hager had never set foot outside of Texas and Louisiana. Now, heading for the coast, he expected too see things he had never seen before.
He did not expect to see a three-eyed, six-limbed, alien corpse...
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Bestselling author Foster (The Spoils of War) twists a black comedy about an alien corpse into a hilarious, weird, and out-of-this-world road trip, full of memorable characters, witty dialogue, and plenty of surprises. Ross Ed Hagen is a king-sized Texan with one desire in life: to see the Pacific Ocean. But during a rest stop on is drive west he discovers a pint-sized, three-limbed corpse in a space suit which rather changes his trip. Jed, as Ross names the body, never moves a muscle, and yet, he possesses a variety of unearthly powers, ranging from telepathically inducing cosmic visions, to blasting car jackers with laser beams, even providing patter for a ventriloquism act. Foster's wry narrative ("...it shuddered like a movie critic at an Italian made-for-video film festival...") keeps the plot cantering along, as Jed and Ross outsmart humorless Army operatives, geriatric bounty hunters, and oily Hollywood agents, as well as a wide variety of gun-toting American citizens bent on contacting UFOs. Although this is really a wild road novel, it still is best for sf fans, who will get more of the humor.
