The Land of Laughs : A Novel (Edition 1) (Paperback)

from HippieLunatic

Bizarre and intriguing are two of the most accurate descriptors I can think of for Carroll's work, The Land of Laughs. I can't wait to pick up more by this author, who seems to have a great grasp o...

from finchesghost

This has one of the most satisfying endings I have read in a while. Carroll does a great job establishing a mood and exploring the power of the written word. One really does not know where this nov...

from iftyzaidi

Thomas Abbey is the son of a famous actor/director who lives in obscurity as a school teacher on the west coast. His favourite books are the works of a deceased children's books author who lived th...

from ehines

A lot of what Carroll does here have become cliches of Borges- and Kafka-influenced novels, but he was writing in the late 70s, well before magical realism became fashionable. There's more here tha...

from salimbol

Jonathan Carroll's intriguing first novel manages to be both magical and prosaic at the same time, blending increasingly dark fantasy with the mundane details of his protagonists' lives. I particul...