"Brilliant... " - The GuardianJohn Scudley, a supermarket clerk, fantasizes about killing himself in odd and newsworthy ways, while Dr. Marya Poum, Professor of English at the local college, imagines making strenuous and explicit love with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (all in a row), Stalin, Hitler, De Gaulle, Queen Victoria, or other potent leaders of the world and beyond (she doesn't stop at the Vatican). As their paths cross, John's fantasies and Marya's lust for sex and power converge and commingle, growing their horrible imaginations into a whole new beast altogether.
International bestselling author Kathrin Perutz's satire of the double-headed American dream - to rule the world or disappear - was first published in the late 1960's but anticipated, as did Peter George's Dr. Strangelove, today's world where people both hide and expose themselves through avatars in cyberspace. Heads or tails, Mother is A Country is both sacrilegious and obscene, a cinematic romp that ends in a blast of violence - with loud cackles following.
International bestselling author Kathrin Perutz's satire of the double-headed American dream - to rule the world or disappear - was first published in the late 1960's but anticipated, as did Peter George's Dr. Strangelove, today's world where people both hide and expose themselves through avatars in cyberspace. Heads or tails, Mother is A Country is both sacrilegious and obscene, a cinematic romp that ends in a blast of violence - with loud cackles following.
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