The Clang Birds (Contemporary American Fiction) by John L'Heureux - 1993-09-01

Penguin, 1993.. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, small crease on cover else VG in black and gray pictorial wraps. A funny and intelligent novel first published in 1972. It is a riotous satire of the protest movement and an indightment of the self-righteous extremism of both the radical left and conservative right. 218 pp.

Penguin Books, September 1993. Paperback. USED Good.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1972., 1972. Very Good. Green cloth with gold lettering, in colorful dustjacket featuring a design by David Palladini ; similar to 014015227X, 9780140152272 ; LCCN: 72-77652 ; OCLC: 481411 ; slight foxing ; a satirical romp through the lives of the members of a pseudo-religious commune ; "An uproarious novel about a progressively progressive group of priests and nuns who cavort around Cambridge, Mass., plotting the downfalls of governments and themselves. The male members of the mythical but almost credible Thomasite Order, led by the beautifully elegant Reginald, exchange the rather luxurious if inhibiting quarters of the monastic house for the relative austerities of Somerville, where they intend to lead lives of ""radical Christianity."" Shunned by the neig hbors, who consider them Commies, their lives are more fraternity than fraternal; they occasionally attend classes, but really wait for the parties and the chicks with whom their fumbling techniques gradually… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.