In Milton Lumky Territory
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: ong>onong>g>Dickong>onong>g>, Philip K., PUBLISHER: ong>onong>g>Toong>onong>g>r Books, In "The Novels of Philip K. ong>onong>g>Dickong>onong>g>," Kim Stanley Robinsong>onong> says that ""In Milong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>n Lumky Terriong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry"... is probably the best of ong>onong>g>Dickong>onong>g>'s realist novels aside from "Cong>onong>fessiong>onong>s of a Crap Artist,"" and calls it a "bitter indictment of the effects of capitalism." ong>onong>g>Dickong>onong>g>, ong>onong> the other hand, in ong>hisong> forward, says "Tong>hisong> is actually a very funny book, and a good ong>onong>e, ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>o." Milong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>n Lumky terriong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry is both an area of the western USA and a psychic terrain: the world and world-view of the traveling salesman. The song>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry takes place in Boise, Idaho, with some extraordinary long>onong>g-distance driving sequences in which our hero (young Bruce Stevens) drives from Boise ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g> San Francisco, ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g> Reno, ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g> Pocatello, ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g> Seattle, and back ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g> Boise in search of a good deal ong>onong> some wholesale typewriters. He falls under the spell of an attractive older woman, and of Milong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>n Lumky, a middle-aged paper salesman whose terriong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry is the Northwest. And then Bruce and the others slowly sink inong>onong>g>toong>onong>g> the whirlpool of Bruce's immature persong>onong>al obsessiong>onong>s and misperceptiong>onong>s. A compassiong>onong>ate and irong>onong>ic portrayal of three characters enmeshed in a sticky web of everyday events, who have a basic failure ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g> communicate, "In Milong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>n Lumky Terriong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry" stands out among>onong>g ong>onong>g>Dickong>onong>g>'s early works.