Christine E. (Scaper) - , reviewed on 9/6/2006 + 240 more book reviews

Believe it or not, in Centralia, Pennsylvania, a coal fire has been burning underground since 1962. This smoldering ghost town is the setting for James finney Boylan's exhilarating novel, in which a lovelorn skydiver with a faulty parachute sets off a chain of events that will emesh a banker with a thing for shaven heads; a mime who doubles as an office temp; a bandit who robs hardware stores on burroback; and a decrepit Dalmation named Buddy. Filled with gloriously unlikely plot twists and achingly recognizable human beings, THE PLANETS is a comedy of yearning and identity in the traditions of Kurt Vonnegut and John Kennedt O'Toole.

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