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Vroman's Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Fax: 626-792-7308
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
Fax: 626-792-7308
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The hokey and harmless-seeming police officer in 1950s West Texas likes to say ‘golly’ and ‘gee whiz’ in between slapping women around and staging sudden and brutal murders. Few in his small town want to confront the possibility that this gentleman-officer is capable of any sort of violence. As our narrator/serial killer states plainly the whys and wherefores of his extracurricular activities, his tone stays chummy and light. It’s pretty unsettling how wholesome and clean a psychopath can be. Creepy! Fun!
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Joan Fry discusses and signs How to Cook a Tapir
08/10/2009 7:00 pm
Location:
- Street:
- Vroman's Bookstore
- Additional:
- 695 E. Colorado Blvd
- City:
- Pasadena ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 91101
- Country:
- United States
In 1962 Joan Fry was a college sophomore recently married to an anthropologist. After naively consenting to a year-long “working honeymoon” in British Honduras (now Belize), the romance of living in a remote village deep in the rainforest with no cooking ability quickly faded. Guided by the village women and children, Fry painstakingly baked and boiled her way up the food chain, and entered their world through friendships forged over an open fire, offering an insightful picture into this unique disappearing culture.
