Collectibles
Signed First Edition Novel by Corey Mesler
- Item Number
- 152
- Estimated Value
- 25 USD
- Opening Bid
- 9 USD
Item Description
One hardback signed copy of author's Memphis novel, We are Billion-Year-Old Carbon.
“Corey Mesler’s exuberant, spaced-out love letter to the 1960s—and to his hometown of Memphis—gives renewed meaning to the phrase, “Far out!”
Invoking the ghosts of Richard Farina, William Kotzwinkle, Richard Brautigan (who appears!), and Thomas Pynchon at his most whimsically stoned, We Are Billion-Year-Old Carbon, with its cut-and-paste assemblage of poems, stories, and memoirs, deftly captures both the innocent charm and the dark menace of the period." !Marshall Boswell, author of Alternative Atlanta
"If this was music, it'd be a slippery, jazzy 'Green Onions' with a sitar break played by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, using the edge of his dictionary for a pick." ~Marshall Chapman, author of Sweet Little Rock and Roller
“This book is best approached as poetry: playful, allusive (and often elusive too), with a distinctly hippie sensibility, which veterans of the Age of Aquarius will recognize instantly, and which will give other readers a vivid sense of those bygone, patchouli-fragrant days. Indeed, this book is perhaps most accurately described as a literary version of that Sixties-specific phenomenon known as a “Happening”: there’s a lot going on, it’s often colorful and entertaining…{and}a good time was had by all.” ~Peyton Moss, ForeWord Magazine
“Imagine The Crying of Lot 49, mixed with Richard Farina, mixed with early Rolling Stone magazine pieces. Think about the playful word play of poet and playwright Tristan Tzara. Mesler’s work here is like taking a hit of acid without experiencing the possible longterm aftereffects. Well, maybe...” ~George Singleton, author of Novel
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