The Beard by Andersen Prunty

The Beard by Andersen Prunty

Seven-year-old David Glum watches as his grandfather is abducted by a legendary herd of elephants. Twenty years later, after failing to sell his novel to a New York publisher, David returns to his parents' home to focus on growing a beard, a goal he feels sure he can accomplish. Once the beard reaches a respectable girth, uncontrollable things begin happening around him. His mother dies. maybe. His father might really be a man named Gary Wrench. David is sure of only one thing: his family is cursed. It could have something to do with an eternal flame his grandfather stole from a possibly imaginary group of people called the Nefarions. David and Wrench begin a surreal cross-country journey that might have something to do with saving the world. Along the way they pass through a number of absurd towns, meet some disagreeable people, and discover an America that is radically different from the one they thought they knew, a place where nothing can be accepted for what it seems to be. And all the while, the beard grows, gaining strength, leading them toward a distant island that most people think doesn't exist.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780615326337
ISBN 10	0615326331
Title	The Beard
Author	Andersen Prunty
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atlatl Press
Year published	2009-11-20
Number of pages	246
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.