Texas

by Tom Eaton

It came upon a midnight dreary...In fact it couldn't have come at a worse time. And when it did come, it wasn't through a burning bush or out of a thundercloud. Instead it blew up his toilet and ruined the tiles on his bathroom wall. On the wrong side of the right side of thirty, barely tolerated at work, his calls to Rhonda unanswered for a fortnight, George wasn't in the mood for visitors when the Angel of the Eleventh Hour appeared. In fact George wasn't in the mood for a lot of things that happened after that. But what George wanted and what the Angel Madadoel wanted were two very different things; and when the Intelligence of the Intelligency of the Moon says Jump, and has a penchant for murdering people who disagree with him ('correction through incineration'), you ask How high? And so begins a tale of an unwilling prophet with faith in almost nothing, and a celestial messenger capable of almost anything.

Genres: Humor

233 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

About the author

Tom Eaton is an author, screenwriter and columnist based in Cape Town, South Africa. Since establishing himself as a satirist for the Mail&Guardian and writing the bestselling The De Villiers Code, he has worked across media and genres, from print and digital to film and television. His fourth novel will be published by Penguin Random House in 2025.

Reviews

[Anton Kooi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written, but a long shot away from the de Villiers code. I found this to be more of a heavy read and lost the writer a bit from time to time.

[Sebastian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible but not as bad as The de Villiers Code. I really liked Tom Eaton's columns in the Mail & Guardian but he has so far severely disappointed me with his novels. Having said that, I haven't yet read The Wading. This is an attempt at social commentary via satire/parody which just falls horribly short.