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After a disappointing loss in the first matchup between the land and the sea, the bear is back with a vengeance and out for blood. All of America is obsessed with the upcoming spectacle, so tickets are hard to come by. With an essay entitled "Bear v. Shark: A Reason to Live," young Curtis Norman wins a national writing contest and four tickets to the event. The Normans load up their SUV and embark on a road trip to Vegas.
As they head cross-country, the family is besieged by a dizzying barrage of voices: television and radio personalities, public service announcements, bear and shark pundits, Freudians, theologians, and self-published authors, in addition to the Bear v. Shark fanatics, cultists, and resisters they meet at roadside gas stations and restaurants. Overwhelmed by factoids, statistics, and ten-second debates, the Normans - along with the rest of the country - can't seem to get their facts straight, much less figure out a way to actually communicate with one another. Sound bites and verbal tics predominate; misheard, misunderstood, and just plain mistaken information is absorbed, mangled, and regurgitated to hilarious effect; and the most inane subjects - from the disappearance of Dutch culture to the Shakespearean bias toward the bear - are vigorously and obsessively debated. These meaningless exchanges of misinformation leave Mr. Norman disenchanted, world-weary, and ambivalent about the impending show, but the family eventually makes it to Vegas for an apocalyptic and surprisingly emotional ending.
As they head cross-country, the family is besieged by a dizzying barrage of voices: television and radio personalities, public service announcements, bear and shark pundits, Freudians, theologians, and self-published authors, in addition to the Bear v. Shark fanatics, cultists, and resisters they meet at roadside gas stations and restaurants. Overwhelmed by factoids, statistics, and ten-second debates, the Normans - along with the rest of the country - can't seem to get their facts straight, much less figure out a way to actually communicate with one another. Sound bites and verbal tics predominate; misheard, misunderstood, and just plain mistaken information is absorbed, mangled, and regurgitated to hilarious effect; and the most inane subjects - from the disappearance of Dutch culture to the Shakespearean bias toward the bear - are vigorously and obsessively debated. These meaningless exchanges of misinformation leave Mr. Norman disenchanted, world-weary, and ambivalent about the impending show, but the family eventually makes it to Vegas for an apocalyptic and surprisingly emotional ending.
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About the Author:
Chris Bachelder is an Alumni Graduate Fellow in the M.F.A. program at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Bear v. Shark is his first novel.
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Chapter 1: Parlor Game
So it's kind of like a parlor game, then? In essence?
I guess so.
Well that sounds fun. Bear against Shark.
It's Bear v. Shark. What's a parlor?
Oh...You know, a parlor. A parlour.
...?
Um, like a salon.
What?
A lounge, essentially.
A lounge game?
Well, you know, it's like where you play it.
What's a parlor?
Like a living room. Technically.
Parlor?
Yes.
In a building?
In a home.
How big a TV you put in there?
Copyright © 2001 by Chris Bachelder
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