The Broom of the System

The year is 1990, and the place Cleveland. Lenore Beadsman works as a
telephone operator for Frequent and Vigorous Publishers. Her roommate's name
is Candy Mandible, their parrot is Vlad the Impaler, there is a Judith
Prietht, and businesses have names like Hunt and Peck. Lenore's great-
grandmother and several cronies disappear from their nursing home, and the
search for them leads across the Great Ohio Desert (G.O.D.). The novel is
largely dialogue, much of it quite funny and perceptive. Obviously not aimed
at the Danielle Steel or Robert Ludlum crowds, Wallace's book will appeal to
people his age (mid-20s) and to older readers who enjoy trying the unfamiliar.
Libraries serving such patrons should consider it. Mary K. Prokop, CEL
Regional Lib., Savannah, Ga.

Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Daring, hilarious... a zany picaresque adventure of contemporary America run
amok. -- _The New York Times_

Wonderful... a cathartic experience with lots of laughs and lots of deeper
meanings. -- _The Washington Post Book World_