Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The Broom of the Systen Giveaway (ends 10/30 )


























Publisher's Summary. The "dazzling, exhilarating" (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from the bestselling author of Infinite Jest, available for the first time as an audiobook.

At the center of The Broom of the System is the betwitching (and also bewildered) heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place is a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio, which sits on the edge of a suburban wasteland-the Great Ohio Desert. Lenore works as a switchboard attendant at a publishing firm, and in addition to her mind-numbing job, she has a few other problems. Her great-grandmother, a one-time student of Wittgenstein, has disappeared with twenty-five other inmates of the Shaker Heights Nursing Home. Her beau (and boss), editor-in-chief Rick Vigorous, is insanely jealous. And her cockatiel, Vlad the Impaler, has suddenly started spouting a mixture of psychobabble, Auden, and the King James Bible, which may propel him to stardom on a Christian fundamentalist television program.

Fiercely intelligent and entertaining, this debut novel from one of the most innovative writers of our generation explores the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.

Giveaway Rules. Today I am giving away THREE copies of this entertaining audiobook!

Entry: Comment with your email address in the body of the comment (you can list it as mary123 (at) yahoo(dot)com). If you do not list your email address your entry will not count.

Extra Entry: Sign up to follow my blog (or let me know that you are a current follower). NOTE: This extra entry MUST be left in a separate comment or it will not count.

The giveaway is open to Canadian and US residents only.
You must be 18 years of age or older.
NO P.O. Boxes for the winner’s mailing address.

Giveaway ends October 30th. Good Luck!

8 comments:

  1. Thank you for the giveaway.

    headlessfowl at gmail dot com

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  2. I'm an old GFC follower w/ Headlessfowl

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  3. Oh this looks really interesting and I love the audio format. Please enter me.
    tbranco AT hughes DOT net

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  4. I've been a follower for quite a while through GFC
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  5. I am a follower and would like to enter this contest! cherylbaryl@hotmail.com

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  6. I've been meaning to read this--I'd love to win a copy! melodyawilson@gmail.com (and I follow via Google Connect:)).

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  7. Please enter me. Thanks!
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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  8. I am a follower
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