George Albert Brown's Who Killed Jerusalem is a tale of murder, mystery, and obscene mayhem, with a surprise at the funeral of Jerusalem. The characters are zany, creative, and ingenious, and Brown's philosophy drives readers to a cognitive state.
Ded Smith is the main character and investigator of Icky Jerusalem's death, who was San Francisco's poet laureate in the 1970s. His philosophy is outside normal thought but is expected of a popular person at the height of Hippie culture.
Ded discovers that Icky had a boat docked at a marina with a "harbormaster" who included dues and fees. When Ded investigates the boat, he finds it to be a "grubby" 11-foot wooden sailboat, which is completely pointless and likely to cause complaints from other dockers.
Icky kept a boat without navigational aids, but the harbormaster did not.
Icky's work may have revealed that he was not pointless after all, but Ded must do the work to figure out how he died.
Ded's college professor was from a Sicilian village that strongly prohibited premarital sex, and believed this was done to prevent premature child bearing. However, studies showed that the actual reactions of fathers were different, such as "Mama mia!" and "You have been ruined". Brown states that this happened in 97.8% of the cases studied.
I overall enjoyed this read!
Ded Smith is the main character and investigator of Icky Jerusalem's death, who was San Francisco's poet laureate in the 1970s. His philosophy is outside normal thought but is expected of a popular person at the height of Hippie culture.
Ded discovers that Icky had a boat docked at a marina with a "harbormaster" who included dues and fees. When Ded investigates the boat, he finds it to be a "grubby" 11-foot wooden sailboat, which is completely pointless and likely to cause complaints from other dockers.
Icky kept a boat without navigational aids, but the harbormaster did not.
Icky's work may have revealed that he was not pointless after all, but Ded must do the work to figure out how he died.
Ded's college professor was from a Sicilian village that strongly prohibited premarital sex, and believed this was done to prevent premature child bearing. However, studies showed that the actual reactions of fathers were different, such as "Mama mia!" and "You have been ruined". Brown states that this happened in 97.8% of the cases studied.
I overall enjoyed this read!