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A review by uncle_duke
Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle
5.0
After reading GRUNDISH + ASKEW, I had to get SMASHED (+ QUASHED, SPLATTERED, CHEWED, CHUNKED and SPEWED.) It is an absolutely terrific debut work from The Dr. Reverend Lance Carbuncle. His self-described "aburdist" literature (I presume that would be "Abs-Lit" in Book-Speak) threatens an unrelenting simultaneous assault on all sensibilities - humor, horror, entertainment, mystery, revulsion, amazement, comedy, tragedy, gastric + even the psychic. And, the good doctor definitely delivers in this autobiographical story of a road-trip that all can relate to instantly.
However, I do not think the "Abs-Lit" genre adequately describes the full spectrum of imagination + style within Carbuncle's speculative fiction (Spec-Fi?). There is a bit of weird romance, but it is not Chick-Lit - also the odd paranormal, but not really Sci-Fi - possibly an attempt at Porno, but really needs much more research - and, since the reader is actually sharing a slice of life, possibly non-fiction (is that Non-Fi?) might be the most accurate tag. Knowing quite well the territory travelled by the author on this literary highway, it provides an extremely familiar deja vu all over again feeling - created by a carefully intertwined mash-up of Gonzo, Animal House, Elmore Leonard + Carl Hiaasen-esque storytelling - along with a big dose of Jerry Springer reality. The explosive emerging talent of The Dr. Reverend leaves the reader totally awestruck and awaiting the next installment in the Chronicles of Carbuncle ...
However, I do not think the "Abs-Lit" genre adequately describes the full spectrum of imagination + style within Carbuncle's speculative fiction (Spec-Fi?). There is a bit of weird romance, but it is not Chick-Lit - also the odd paranormal, but not really Sci-Fi - possibly an attempt at Porno, but really needs much more research - and, since the reader is actually sharing a slice of life, possibly non-fiction (is that Non-Fi?) might be the most accurate tag. Knowing quite well the territory travelled by the author on this literary highway, it provides an extremely familiar deja vu all over again feeling - created by a carefully intertwined mash-up of Gonzo, Animal House, Elmore Leonard + Carl Hiaasen-esque storytelling - along with a big dose of Jerry Springer reality. The explosive emerging talent of The Dr. Reverend leaves the reader totally awestruck and awaiting the next installment in the Chronicles of Carbuncle ...