South of the Pumphouse

By Les Claypool

--Les Claypool to promote the book actively, including when he tours (9 months a year) with his various music groups. --Expect major media coverage for this book: print, radio, television. Features, reviews. --Publicize to major dailies, weeklies, literary publications, mystery & alternative publications.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Release date: Jul 1, 2006
• ISBN: 9781936070473

Reviews for South of the Pumphouse

[clmueller · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

As a first novel I thought this was wonderful. I have been a fan of Les Claypool's music and lyrics for a very long time and I couldn't wait to read his book. The style is musical, the sentences sonorous. It is a book to be read out loud as it is filled with sounds and onomatopoeia. The storyline is somehow more realist than I expected and the characters are bordering the stereotypical. But of course archetypes and stereotypes help with visualizing unfamiliar characters, and if addressed correctly, using stereotypes is a form of satire and critique of society. Claypool succeeded in this critique...just as in his songs.I was thrilled with the roller-coaster of emotions, the drug-induced narration, and ended up rooting for the fish!Hopefully he will produce another oeuvre that is as artistic and dark as this one. We need a new Hunter Thompson anyway don't we?