Elaine Vilar Madruga
Tyranny of Flies Paperback Book
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In this provocative, darkly funny, and unique novela mix of Lord of the Flies and The Royal Tenenbaumsa dictators former righthand man becomes housebound and a family power struggle erupts. Growing up on a Cubaesque Caribbean island, Casandra, Calia, and Caleb endure life under two tyrannies that of their parents, and the Islands authoritarian dictator, PopPop Mustache. Papa was the dictators former righthand man. Now, hes a political pariah and an ugly parody of a tyrant, treating his home as a nation which he rules with an iron fist. As for Mom, his wife and hateful second in command, she rules from the mind. Obsessed with armchair psychoanalysis, she spends her days reading selfhelp books and seeks to diagnose the kids, and perhaps even herself.But within these walls, a rebellion is fomenting. Casandra, a cynical, selfimportant teenager with the most unlikely of attractions, recruits Caleb, meek yet gifted with a deadly touch, to join her in an insurrection against their fathers arbitrary totalitarianism. Meanwhile, Calia, the silent, youngest sibling who just wants to be left alone to draw animals, may be in league with the flieswhose swarm in and around the house grows larger as Papas violence increases.Equal parts Greek tragedy and horror, with a touch of J.D. Salinger and Luis Buuel, The Tyranny of Flies is a biting and wholly original subversive masterpiece that examines the inherent violence of authority and the frightening and indelible links between patriarchy,...
Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc; Classification: FA; Weight: 340 g; Dimensions: 141 x 210 x 18
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In this provocative, darkly funny, and unique novela mix of Lord of the Flies and The Royal Tenenbaumsa dictators former righthand man becomes housebound and a family power struggle erupts. Growing up on a Cubaesque Caribbean island, Casandra, Calia, and Caleb endure life under two tyrannies that of their parents, and the Islands authoritarian dictator, PopPop Mustache. Papa was the dictators former righthand man. Now, hes a political pariah and an ugly parody of a tyrant, treating his home as a nation which he rules with an iron fist. As for Mom, his wife and hateful second in command, she rules from the mind. Obsessed with armchair psychoanalysis, she spends her days reading selfhelp books and seeks to diagnose the kids, and perhaps even herself.But within these walls, a rebellion is fomenting. Casandra, a cynical, selfimportant teenager with the most unlikely of attractions, recruits Caleb, meek yet gifted with a deadly touch, to join her in an insurrection against their fathers arbitrary totalitarianism. Meanwhile, Calia, the silent, youngest sibling who just wants to be left alone to draw animals, may be in league with the flieswhose swarm in and around the house grows larger as Papas violence increases.Equal parts Greek tragedy and horror, with a touch of J.D. Salinger and Luis Buuel, The Tyranny of Flies is a biting and wholly original subversive masterpiece that examines the inherent violence of authority and the frightening and indelible links between patriarchy,...
Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc; Classification: FA; Weight: 340 g; Dimensions: 141 x 210 x 18
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