The Bellybutton Fiasco

by Tom Bissell, Webster Younce

This is the novel the publishing industry was afraid to publish. The twisted, sort-of-true story of Toby, a freewheeling ten-something with too much time on his hands, The Bellybutton Fiasco forces us to confront-for, like, the fifth time-What Has Happened To Our Children? Not that many novels have the courage to attack the Loch Ness Monster myth, nor the poetic accuracy to describe its characters' dreams. The Bellybutton Fiasco has this, and so, so much more. It promises to be the most important novel you'll read this year, or the most important novel you'll read while reading it. Filled with insight, heart-warming candor, and necrophilic subliminal imagery, The Bellybutton Fiasco is a novel. A fictional novel.

103 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2001

About the author

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Tom Bissell studied fencing at the Salk Institute and currently lives with Amish shepherds in Jerusalem. He is a practicing Zoroastrian and juggles frequently. Webster Younce has had his work appear in journals, letters, diaries, email, grocery lists, term papers, and loan applications. He lives in his apartment.

Source: Xlibris.