Impossible Vacation

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Impossible Vacation
Author Spalding Gray
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf [1]
Publication date
1992
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages228 pages [1]

Impossible Vacation is a 1992 debut novel written by Spalding Gray. [1]

Contents

The novel is based on Gray's monologue that he performed in the film Monster in a Box . [2]

Overview

Following his mother's suicide, a man named Brewster North travels the world in search for peace of mind.

Critical reception

The New York Times said in its review, "One finishes the book impressed by how readily Mr. Gray's narrative voice transfers to the page; how easily he's been able to translate a performance from the stage to the medium of print." [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kakutani, Michiko (May 22, 1992). "Books of The Times; That Spalding Gray Novel Isn't a Monster, After All". The New York Times . Archived from the original on June 26, 2013.
  2. ↑ Canby, Vincent (5 June 1992). "A 'Monster' Dense With Meaning". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015.
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