Me & Mr. Cigar
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- ¥1,500
発行者による作品情報
From the wild and wonderful mind of Gibby Haynes—world famous Butthole Surfers front man/lyricist and self-proclaimed eternal Texan adolescent—comes the surreal tale of seventeen-year-old Oscar Lester and his trusted dog, Mr. Cigar.
Oscar and his dog have made a pretty good life for themselves, despite the fact that Oscar’s family has all but vanished—his father is dead; his mother has a new boyfriend. His older sister, Rachel, fled five years ago . . . right after Mr. Cigar bit off her hand.
Despite the freak accident, Oscar knows his dog is no menace. Mr. Cigar is a loyal protector: a supernatural creature that can exact revenge, communicate telepathically, and manipulate car doors and windows with ease. So, when Rachel—now twenty-two and an artist living in New York—calls out of the blue and claims she’s being held hostage, Oscar sees an opportunity to make things right between them.
He races north, intent on both saving Rachel and fleeing the mysterious evil forces targeting his dog. And it’s only by embarking on this dual quest that Oscar starts to untangle his own life and understand the bizarre reality of Mr. Cigar.
*Features original artwork by Gibby Haynes as full color endpapers and illustrations throughout the book.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This drug-fueled escapade from Butthole Surfers frontman Haynes follows 17-year-old Oscar Lester as he travels from Texas to New York City with Mr. Cigar, his "clairvoyant immortal dog," and Lytle Taylor, his black best friend and business partner. The trip serves two purposes: eluding the dogged Colonel Sanders, who claims that Mr. Cigar is government property, and rescuing Oscar's 22-year-old sister Rachel, who calls from her SoHo apartment in desperate need of $35,000. Mr. Cigar, taken in by Oscar five years ago, molted a camouflaging creature that severed Rachel's hand, and aids Oscar in his "assorted nefarious activities" in one scene, the terrier helpfully carries "five thousand dollars' worth of MDMA" in his mouth. Though lightly sketched, the cast includes intriguing characters, such as Oscar's friend and mentor Carla Marks, who uses her interspecies communication skills to invent scientific marvels. One such invention, an aerosol spray that covers surfaces in a camouflaging video film, proves useful when the boys' repeated failures to source Rachel's ransom result in a nude bank robbery. While the narrative often feels disjointed and absurd for absurdity's sake, Haynes's fast-paced debut is full of colorful characters and concepts. Ages 14 up.
