The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds

Zindel, Paul

ISBN 10: 0060268298 / ISBN 13: 9780060268299

Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1971

About this Item

Reprint. No date. Circa 1990. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 109 pages. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by Zindel. A clean copy with little wear.

Seller Inventory # 012709

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
• Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
• Publication Date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0060268298
• ISBN 13: 9780060268299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Dong Kingman
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

Domestic drama depicting a mentally unbalanced woman's far-reaching effects on the lives of her two daughters

From the Publisher

Beatrice was a mother . . . and the embittered ringmaster of the circus Hunsdorfer featuring three generations of crazy ladies living under the sloppiest big top on earth. Nanny was no problem. She sat and stared and stayed silent as a venerable vegetable should. Ruth was half-mad and easily bought with an occasional cigarette. But how is the world would Beatrice control Tillie--keeper of rabbits, dreamer of atoms, true believer in life, hope, and the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds . . .

"Paul Zindel was written a masterful, pacesetting drama. It combines moments of pain, poignancy, beauty, and hope. It is the most compelling work of its kind since Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie."--Variety.

"The ultimate accolade must go to Paul Zindel for creating a psychologically perceptive ambiance. Shame hangs in the air of this house and palpably as poison gas. And yet, Zindel reminds us, strong, strange, beautiful flowers spring from such compost heaps. It is a troubling thought, one of the honest and intelligent values of this splendid and tormented play."--Time