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Et Tu, Babe

Mark Leyner

When critics embraced Leyner's My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist and proclaimed him "the cult author of the 1990s, " little did they know they were creating a monster. For as portrayed in this fiendishly original new novel, Leyner takes off on a jet-propelled roller derby through the cultures of cyberpunk and celebrity. Author readings.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: Aug 24th, 1993
  • Pages: 176
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.01in - 5.20in - 0.50in - 0.44lb
  • EAN: 9780679745068
  • Categories: Humorous - Dark HumorAbsurdistLiterary

About the Author

Mark Leyner is the author of two novels, Et Tu, Babe and The Tetherballs of Bougainville; two collections of stories, I Smell Esther Williams and Other Stories and My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist; and a collection of fiction, plays, and journalism, Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The New Republic, George, and Harper's.

Praise for this book

"Leyner's brilliantly discontinuous humor...begs to be read aloud to friends and strangers alike -- if only you could figure out where to stop." -- Village Voice

"Leyner is a twisted wizard, a genre-busting virtuoso, working at the outer edge of narrative convention." -- Jay McInerney

"Leyner is an original and immensely amusing writer as well as a provocative social critic." -- Washington Post Book World