"There’s nothing more troubling
than having your child break down on the side of the road, leaking oil,
overheating, and asking tough questions like, “What is death?” and “Why
did Mom leave?”
But stay calm!
Because How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive
is not only a dizzyingly beautiful novel, it’s also a handy manual with
useful chapters on “Tools and Spare Parts,” “Valve Adjustment,” “How To
Read This Novel,” and, most important of all, “How Works a Heart.”
Welcome to Christopher Boucher’s zany literary
universe, a place where metaphors shift beneath your feet, familiar
words assume new meanings, objects talk, trees attack, and time
actually is money. Modeled on the cult classic 1969 hippie handbook of
the same name,
How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive is an
astonishing tour-de-force that tackles some of life’s biggest
questions: How do you cope with losing a parent? What’s the secret to
raising a child? How do you keep love alive? How do you get your car to
start?"
is an
astonishing tour-de-force that tackles some of life’s biggest
questions: How do you cope with losing a parent? What’s the secret to
raising a child? How do you keep love alive? How do you get your car to
start?"