Gilligan's Wake

In this kaleidoscopic fantasy, seven uniquely familiar narrators recall the last American century. An old salt shares his memories of fellow PT-boat skipper Jack Kennedy. A New York millionaire gets Alger Hiss a job. An ex-debutante reveals her Jazz Age friendship with The Great Gatsby's Daisy Buchanan. A Dixie redhead dishes up the inside scoop on the Rat Pack. A scientist confesses to his part in every event from Los Alamos to Watergate. And Mary-Ann Kilroy of Russell, Kansas finds romance in Paris before learning why she'll never leave the island. But behind them lurks the man who keeps insisting that his name isn't Gilligan--and who's inventing this brilliant, poignant comic collage for reasons of his own.

Author: Tom Carson
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 02/01/2004
Pages: 342
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.84h x 5.26w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780312311148

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 02/01/2004 pg. 20

About the Author

Tom Carson, Esquire's National Magazine Award-winning Screen columnist, has written on pop culture and politics for the Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Rolling Stone, among others. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

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