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| Alec: After The Snooter | 
 enlarge | Authors: Eddie Campbell, Eddie Campbell
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0957789661
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780957789661
ASIN: 0957789661
Publication Date: August 1, 2002
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Eddie Campbell`s Alec stories are a brilliant and insightful romp through his own life. In them, we witness Eddie's progression from `beer to wine,` or to put it more accurately, his inevitable maturation through time. Whether it's tales of his early pub-crawling days, or glimpses into his current private life with `wifey` and kids, there are `truths` here that transcend the factual and paint a picture of the way life should be. In After The Snooter, we watch Eddie face his demons, including the grotesque cartoon creation, the annoying insectoid nag known as THE SNOOTER. Ultimately there's a showdown between the two, and it all comes to a crashing conclusion at the Hollywood Premiere of From Hell.
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Hollywood, mid-life crisis, and weird insects. June 15, 2005
Campbell is a storyteller. His stories use simple language we can all understand, but spring from a deep well of knowledge. Campbell displays intelligence without beating you over the head with it.
'After the Snooter' is a collection of short stories written after a visitation from an unidentifiable insct, "The Snooter". After the "Snooter"'s apearance, Campbell changes publishers, buys a house, travels the world, and reaps great financial benefits as 'From Hell' is turned into an awful movie.
Truthfully, this is not Campbell's best work. But he's set such a high standard, even his lesser works have merit. Many of the stories focus on his domestic life; squables wit hthe wife, the cute things his kids do, etc. Some of it comes off like Dave Barry columns. He's at his best when describing the world around him. Campbell is an artist. He sees the world in terms of characters, plot themes, and moods. His life is a story that visits other people's stories. He is both the subject and the tour guide on his journeys. Fortunately for us, he's a very interesting subject and very pleasant company.
I recommend reading this book, and all of Campbell's books, with a nice bottle of wine.
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