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Through ponderous, interwoven tales travels a dark, mysterious woman who dazzles men and makes them act silly. In the futuristic Los Angeles of an unspecified cataclysm, Cale witnesses his own murder at the hands of this elusive beauty. Somewhere in South America, she ties herself to a tree with her hair and signals to a sailor with her lighthouse eyes, then winds up as domestic help in modern-day Los Angeles, where, by staring a lot and saying little, she drives a frustrated writer into a frenzy. Finally, she mesmerizes a recluse in England with the old lighthouse trick, and he turns out to be the Cale of the first storyminus the futurism. This contrived, humorless mishmash of pseudo-fantasy and mystery leaves one hopelessly confused. The characters are pure Hollywood, straight from a B movie. Leonard Kniffel, Detroit P.L.
Through ponderous, interwoven tales travels a dark, mysterious woman who dazzles men and makes them act silly. In the futuristic Los Angeles of an unspecified cataclysm, Cale witnesses his own murder at the hands of this elusive beauty. Somewhere in South America, she ties herself to a tree with her hair and signals to a sailor with her lighthouse eyes, then winds up as domestic help in modern-day Los Angeles, where, by staring a lot and saying little, she drives a frustrated writer into a frenzy. Finally, she mesmerizes a recluse in England with the old lighthouse trick, and he turns out to be the Cale of the first storyminus the futurism. This contrived, humorless mishmash of pseudo-fantasy and mystery leaves one hopelessly confused. The characters are pure Hollywood, straight from a B movie. Leonard Kniffel, Detroit P.L.
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Hardback Editions
September 1986 : Hardback
| Title: Rubicon Beach Author(s): Steve Erickson ISBN: 0-671-60458-9 / 978-0-671-60458-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
April 1998 : Paperback
| Title: Rubicon Beach Author(s): Steve Erickson ISBN: 0-7043-8055-2 / 978-0-7043-8055-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Quartet Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1997 : Paperback
| Title: Rubicon Beach: A Novel Author(s): Steve Erickson ISBN: 0-8050-5071-X / 978-0-8050-5071-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Henry Holt & Co (P) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Rubicon Beach Author(s): Steve Erickson ISBN: 0-7088-3744-1 / 978-0-7088-3744-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 1987 : Paperback
| Title: RUBICON BEACH-V513 Author(s): Steve Erickson ISBN: 0-394-75513-8 / 978-0-394-75513-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1986 : Paperback
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