Tales of the Madman Underground

(An Historical Romance 1973)

By: John Barnes

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Hardcover | 25 June 2009

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Wednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemakeras senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karlas been part of what he calls athe Madman Undergroundaaa group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. He is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to actaand beaNormal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has five after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.

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"Rarely will you read something so lovingly vulgar, so fiercely warmhearted, and so exuberantly expansive . . . the culmination comes off like a teenage "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."" -"Booklist," starred review "His narration is so easy and engaging, so sweet and funny, so astonishingly truthful that teens will rip through these 500-plus pages and want more." -"School Library Journal," starred review "Darkly comic . . . as troubled, relevant, relatable and hilarious as J.D. Salinger." -"Los Angeles Times"

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