What it may lack in depth and originality of plot, Ballantine makes up for in unrelenting charm and refreshing narrative flair. The narrator, Edgar Donahoe, is rich and real (regardless of having read the prequel, God Clobbers Us All), a quirky, flawed and idealistic young man, too smart to stay in the rat race of America, but too American to escape it. Whereas the domestically-set prequel focused more on the madness of American life, this followup is a first rate adventure story, complete with voodoo men, pirate gold, jumbies, crazy jungle dwellers and a femme fatale. But despite its obvious formulaic tendencies, it all seems almost tongue-in-cheek as it comes from Edgar's bitter yet hopeful voice.
WORTH THE READ
Rating: 3 out of 5
Buy this book: Decline of the Lawrence Welk Empire
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