What: Dead hippies. This book is about dead hippies --- specifically the Tex and Molly of the title, who've fallen down a well. It's also about corporate doers of environmental evil, glib afterlife factoids, '90s computer hackers who call themselves the Prophets of Delirium, a nerdy botanist, the deconstructionist staging of a midsummer play, and a baby bear. There's also some transmogrification.
Comparable to: Tom Robbins, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut. Also, author Richard Grant specifically references Neil Gaiman, which is a pretty accurate sign of where his head is.
Representative quote: "Tex and Molly eyeballed one another. Tex made a little wiggle of the brow, as though assuring her that whatever she might be thinking, he wholeheartedly agreed."
You might not like it if: You don't want to read about hippies. Even (or especially?) fictional dead ones whom the author mocks affectionately.
How to get it: Tex and Molly in the Afterlife isn't currently in print, but you can buy it used or borrow it from your library.
[Originally posted 6/11/11.]
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