Black Cocktail

by Jonathan Carroll

Book Overview

A radio host from San Francisco, his new lover, and a high school kid who does not age are brought together in an illustrated tale of strength and strange foes This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312063040
• ISBN13: 9780312063047
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

another gem from Carroll

I'm on a quest now to acquire all of Carroll's books since they tend to go out of print quickly, at least in the United States (he lives in Vienna and his books are big sellers in Europe). I just got a copy of Black Cocktail which I had never read and was again blown away by his imagination and story-telling ability. He gets this idea from Plato -- that all humans originally were joined to another being and spend the rest of their lives looking for their other half (also Plato's explanation for sexual preference as those that started as two men obviously look for the male half). Only Carroll makes it the perfect 5 (i.e. everyone used to be 5 people connected) and has his usual interesting and quirky characters trying to reunite. This is only a 75 page novella, but it has all the classic Carroll elements. Read it!