The Land of Laughs (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Jonathan Carroll
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—Magical Realism
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: Galen, Missouri
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1970’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Authors or writers, Midwest, Imagination, Missouri
- Locales: Missouri
The Plot
The Land of Laughs was Jonathan Carroll’s first published novel. When it first appeared, it was misleadingly packaged as a juvenile book, most likely because one of the main characters is a writer of children’s stories. It was not until a paperback edition of The Land of Laughs appeared in 1983 that the book began to earn more critical attention, and it has since become something of a cult classic.
Thomas Abbey, a man in his mid-thirties who teaches English at a boys’ prep school, is trying to deal with being the son of a famous actor who...
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