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Man Against the Horses! Four Theater of the Absurd Novelettes
Man Against the Horses! Four Theater of the Absurd Novelettes
Man Against the Horses! Four Theater of the Absurd Novelettes
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Four absurdist novelettes explore revolution, espionage, social strife, cars, motorcycles, and horses. In “Space, Time, and Tania,” bumbling ex-Texas Department of Public Death officer Marty Brimfeeler probes the death of a brainwashed terrorist. Traumatized by finding Tania’s cryptic notebook full of edgy metaphysical queries, Marty flees Houston on a dynamite-festooned motorcycle as World War III erupts. “Man Against the Horses!” describes how five horses in Paris, Texas have finally had enough. They break out of their corral, charge down the highway, and, imbued with fresh superpowers, reduce the city of Dallas to rubble. In “The Highland Park Cadillac Races,” hapless insurance executive Bobby Thompson, plagued by numerous philosophical qualms, proves his manhood on the mean streets of Dallas. Finally, “The 66,000 M.P.H. Bicycle” showcases special agent Atoka surveilling Houston on his nuclear-powered bicycle until software glitches trap him on a coastal freeway.

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PublisherMichael Smith
Release dateFeb 24, 2024
ISBN9798224162178
Man Against the Horses! Four Theater of the Absurd Novelettes
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Michael Smith

Michael Smith is an award-winning British journalist and author, having previously served in British military intelligence. He has written for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times, and is the author of fifteen books on spies and special operations, including the No 1 bestseller Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park. He lives in Henley-on-Thames.

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