Cinque libri bizzarri che m’incuriosiscono

Premessa: odio il filone narrativo denominato bizarro, o bizarro fiction.
Si tratta di tutti quei racconti o romanzi caratterizzati da profondo surrealismo, ma anche da elementi grotteschi, surreali, spesso demenziali. Viene considerato un sottogenere molto di nicchia del fantasy e dell’horror, e negli ultimi anni ha senz’altro guadagnato lettori e appassionati. Ecco, vi riconfermo che io non lo reggo. Non mi piace, punto e stop.
Tuttavia ogni tanto mi piace leggere qualche libro che bizzarro (con due zeta) lo è di fatto, e non per costruzione volontaria di una trama che corrisponda agli standard della bizarro fiction.
Discorso complicato, me ne rendo conto. Passiamo dunque al succo dell’articolo di oggi: cinque spunti di lettura “strana”.
Ancora una volta, basta fare qualche ricerca mirata sull’infinito Kindle Store: si trovano delle chicche imperdibili. Ve ne segnalo cinque, che a pelle mi sembrano divertenti e stimolanti. E’ possibile che ne legga un paio, da qui ai prossimi mesi. Avete qualche preferenza? Così mi regolo per eventuali future recensioni…

How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack: Defend Yourself When the Lawn Warriors Strike (And They Will)

di Chuck Sambuchino
Formato Kindle
Sito ufficiale

There’s a new threat in town—and it’s only twelve inches tall. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is the only comprehensive survival guide that will help you prevent, prepare for, and ward off an imminent home invasion by the common garden gnome. Once thought of as harmless yard decorations, evidence is mounting that these smiling lawn statues are poised and ready to wreck havoc. The danger is real. And it’s here.
Class 1 gnome-slayer and gnome defense expert Chuck Sambuchino has developed a proven system—Assess, Protect, Defend, Apply—for safeguarding property, possessions, and loved ones. Strategies include step-by-step instructions for gnome-proofing the average dwelling, recognizing and interpreting the signs of a gathering hoard, and—in the event that a secured perimeter is breached—confronting and combating the attackers at close range.

You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News: Shocking but Utterly True Facts

di Cracked.com
Formato Kindle

* A zombie apocalypse? It could happen. 50% of humans are infected with a parasite that can take over your brain.
* The FDA wouldn’t let you eat bugs, right? Actually, you might want to put down those jelly beans. And that apple. And that strawberry yogurt.
* Think dolphins are our friends? Then these sex-crazed thrill killers of the sea have you right where they want you.
* The most important discovery in the history of genetics? Francis Crick came up with it while on LSD.
* Think you’re going to choose whether or not to buy this book? Scientists say your brain secretly makes all your decisions 10 seconds before you even know what they are.

This Book Does Not Exist

di Mike Schneider
Formato Kindle
Pagina Facebook

Based in part on a true story: When the love of his life vanishes in the midst of a trying but passionate long distance relationship, an aspiring writer must brave the perils of a surreal world that has been warped by his own memories and imagination in order to find her.

Combining memoir, science fiction, mystery, and suspense into a love story that explores the evolving nature of relationships in an increasingly digital world, This Book Does Not Exist is an imaginative, page-turning novel. Musicians record breakup albums… Consider this a breakup novel, written for anyone who has ever loved and lost.

Extinction Journals

di Jeremy Robert Johnson
Formato Kindle

You can survive a nuclear blast.
All you need is some luck, and maybe a customized business suit coated in cockroaches. It could work. At least that’s what Dean believed before the bombs actually dropped and his suit led him to murder a Very Important Man at the foot of a blackened obelisk.
Now D.C. is looking awfully empty. Life on Earth is pretty much coming to an end. All of which leaves Dean with a single question–“What now?” The answer to that question will take him on an uncanny voyage across a newly nuclear America where he must confront the problems associated with loneliness, radiation, love, and an ever-evolving cockroach suit with a mind of its own.
Dean’s bizarre adventures mark the last chronicle of human existence, the final entries in our species’ own…

Rico Slade Will Fucking Kill You

di Bradley Sands
Formato Kindle
Sito Ufficiale

What the crap is Arnold Schwarzenegger doing on the cover of Rico Slade’s book? This is Rico Slade’s goddamn book. Rico Slade is not a body builder, an actor, or a governor. Rico Slade is an action hero.
Rico Slade doesn’t care about the political climate. Rico Slade has an advanced degree in badassery. Rico Slade’s favorite food is the honey-roasted peanut. Rico Slade can rip out a throat with his bare hands.
But Rico Slade has a problem. His arch-nemesis, Baron Mayhem, is threatening to drop a bomb on the Earth that will kill every human being except himself while leaving the world’s currency intact. To save the planet, Rico Slade must journey across Hollywood to find Baron Mayhem. Unfortunately, Rico Slade’s crime fighting style involves ripping out the throat of anyone who gets in his way, including grandmothers and Midwestern tourists.
As Rico Slade leaves Hollywood in ruins, the only person who can stop him from destroying the city is his Jewish psychologist, Harold Schwartzman. Until he does, Rico Slade will kill as many people as it takes to thwart Baron Mayhem’s evil scheme. Rico Slade will fucking kill everyone.

Mi perdonerete se non ho tradotto le sinossi. Credo che la maggior parte di esse sia abbastanza intuibile. Se comunque avete necessità di spiegazioni “volanti”, non esitate a chiedere.
Qualcuno di questi titoli vi ha per caso solleticato una certa curiosità? Quali vi hanno fatto ridere di gusto? Io ne avrei in mente almeno un paio 🙂

PS: Certo che How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack ricorda inevitabilmente la celebrity in ascesa del 2013: lo Gnomo armato d’ascia, star di Mistero…

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