- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1 edition (Mar 5 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1560259639
- ISBN-13: 978-1560259633
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #486,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
The widely acclaimed author and director of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints shifts from memoir to high-energy satire in his fiction debut. Eddie Krumble is a high school kid from Queens with a job at a lock factory and a bleak future that gets a bit sunnier when he and permanently stoned pal Chris Plork hop a bus to L.A., where they find work in the "audience participation placement" field (read: compensated clapping for shows too awful to draw a legitimate audience). Eddie wears disguises to maximize his earning potential—appearing as different people at different clapping gigs (sometimes three in a day). The producers of The Tonight Show meanwhile, while trawling reels of bad television for material, notice Eddie's manifold personalities, prompting Jay Leno to make "The Clapper" into a recurring bit that puts Eddie's anonymity, and thus his livelihood, on the line. A whimsical tale where the underdog gets his day—and his few minutes in the spotlight—Montiel's first stab at fiction is an entertaining excursion into the mundane reality behind television's exuberant facade. (Mar.)
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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"Montiel tells his entertaining, sad tales with a combination of affection, glee, and nostalgia. He's managed to escape the dismal fate of many of his childhood cohorts, while still cherishing and embracing their humanity."
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3.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
3.0 out of 5 stars
a brisk read, Feb 9 2008
By A. McMillan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Eddie Krumble Is the Clapper: A Novel (Paperback)
i loved monteil's "a guide to recognizing your saints" so i gave "the clapper" a try as well. with the very short chapters, i was able to plow through this book in one sitting. i personally expected more after "saints", but it is a good, fun book to read to kill time on a flight.
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anything an everything the man writes is brilliant, Aug 8 2007
By sdr - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Eddie Krumble Is the Clapper: A Novel (Paperback)
Mr.Montiel is one of a kind and what an innovative , revolutionary and stoical kind he ishis writing inspires..moves and soothes teh soul.
he is a delight to read and watch (his film work)
already he has made this world a far more magical place..i have no doubt this is just the begining of his monumental positive contribution to the planet.
yes indeed.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun and fast reading!, July 7 2007
By James Lyons "J. Lyons" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Eddie Krumble Is the Clapper: A Novel (Paperback)
I loved this book! There is so many levels to this satire that spark laugh out loud emotions. I had never heard of this author and just by chance happend on this book and man oh man it's truly great! I actually have a cousin that this story could have been written about! Like I said fun and easy reading at its best!
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