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by Nick Cave (Author)
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Australian rock musician, lyricist and actor Cave's first novel is an innovative, if wildly idiosyncratic, tall tale satirizing religious fanaticism. Euchrid Eucrow, despised ungainly son of a trapper father and "slobstress" mother, grows up mute but divinely inspired during the 1940s and '50s in fundamentalist Ukulore, a rural swamp peopled with cartoon-like sinners, tricksters, retardates and imbibers of moonshine. Euchrid--self-styled Monarch of Doghead--heeds a winsome guardian angel, along with talking beasts (the title evokes Balaam's ass), and is obsessed with human cruelty and carnality. The foundling Beth, becoming revered as a child-saint, believes Euchrid is divine; Euchrid slips into her room, and is brutally hunted down by Beth's avengers. The plot, rife with gory atrocities, is relayed through clotted, gutsy prose which ranges from poetic to rabid, and is interspersed throughout with graphs, lists, genealogies and scraps of Scripture. Although Cave's manic effort will not lure traditionalists, it may snare the more adventurous.
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Born to a drunken mother and a hunter father, Euchrid Eucrow yearns to express the intense feelings he has for the world around him and is driven deeper and deeper into a mad angelic vision. Reprint. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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1.0 out of 5 stars White trash that will make you want to gag, Feb 14 2009
This is a truly awful book. The characters are disgusting, the setting is worse, and the "moral" completely baffles me. In addition the author writes as if he has a thesaurus at his side, never using a simple word where a more complex, archaic one will do. I have seldom read a book that makes you want to gargle after reading. Don't buy it! BH
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ambivalence, April 25 2004
By C. Longley "Molly_Cule" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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I'm not sure what to make of this book. Don't get me wrong, I did like it, I just can't seem to make my mind up about it.

Firstly, yes, I did read it simply because it was by Nick Cave. That said, once past the initial awkwardness of style and trying to reconcile my mental picture of Euchrid's character with the extremely verbose language he uses, I found the book really quite enjoyable - and certainly as original as anything I've read lately. Distracting was a lack of sense of time; although dates are clearly given, it's too easy to fall into the trap of imagining time passing at the same speed as it seems for the main character.

But it was the ending that threw me. Not that it was totally unexpected, but the cyclical nature left me hanging. I do like stories that finish open-endedly as much as any, but it just felt somehow disappointing: I can't help but wonder what would have become of the characters today, and can't help but feel their story would have petered out to be quite dull.

All up, though, I certainly found it enjoyable. Now, if only I could just put my finger on what I felt was amiss . . .

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5.0 out of 5 stars probably the best piece of fiction ever., April 1 2004
By SacredWorm (southern california) - See all my reviews
this is the best book i've ever read. i doubt it will ever be matched. it's so full of language and descriptions and it dosn't let up for a second. i'm probably doing it a disservice by even trying to describe it.
don't even bother reading all the revies and just buy the thing. if you don't fall in love with euchrid, even for all his misguided antics, you clearly have no soul. it's moving and it will probably disturb you as well, but that's obviously what nick was out to do with this book. in any case, it will change the way you hear his music and probably the way you look at the world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult, violent, great
"And the Ass Saw the Angel" is a tough book to read. The characters Nick Cave has created are truly despicable, and some of the violence is difficult to swallow. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2003 by The archduke

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book ever!
If you like dark twisted books, then you'll love this book. It's by far my favorite.
Published on Dec 15 2003 by Little bee

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money or time.
This is one of the worst, if not the worst book I have ever read. Just because it is set in the South and chock-a-block with disgusting characters and even more disgusting... Read more
Published on Oct 31 2003 by James C. Higgins

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Humor, Dark Book, Not for the Faint of Heart
Euchrid Eucrow, a mute born to an abusive mother and a father obsessed with animal torture, is an outcast in a valley of conservative religious zealots. Read more
Published on Oct 5 2003 by Katie Osborne

5.0 out of 5 stars Well well well...
I've already reviewed this book here (back when I was known as nucleardriveby), so I won't go into what I think of the novel itself... Read more
Published on April 8 2003 by James O'Blivion

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