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(More customer reviews)Imagine a novel that begins with an imaginary horse walking into a bar and being asked by the man who imagines that this imaginary horse is his imaginary friend, "Why the long face?" Strange? Yes, and strangely word-playfully punny, funny, witty, literary, and lots of other good words that end with "y." I loved it! You know it's a fun read when "Finnegans Wake" keeps popping up. This is the most creative novel I've read in a long time, and I sincerely hope I won't have to wait a long time to read another work by this most inventive and creative of authors, Steve Dodds.
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So a horse walks into a bar and starts discussing Descartes. Welcome to Clyde's Tale, as a bemused writer is tricked by his imaginary horse into journeying to legendary Frisco. There they become obsessed by love, death and a woman with black holes instead of eyes. A detective story, a love story, a fable; Clyde's Tale is a rambunctious stew of life, literature, licentiousness and many other words beginning with 'L'.A literary mystery in all senses of the word, Clyde's Tale was described by Joe Konrath, author of Whiskey Sour, as "Funny. Insane, but funny. You'll go far in this business. Chris Moore, Eric Garcia and Bill Fitzhugh are good examples." Clyde's Tale is undoubtedly the first time an imaginary horse, Nietzsche-quoting ruffians, the history of spats, assault with a fish, James Joyce, death by moose head, a potty-mouthed munchkin, and a famously lost manuscript have appeared in the same book, or, come to think of it, the same sentence.
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