The Last Temptation of Clarence Odbody
John
Sep 2011 · Agate Publishing
Ebook
256
Pages
About this ebook
What if George Bailey wasn’t saved by his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody, on that snowy Christmas Eve in Bedford Falls? This reimagining of the beloved Frank Capra classic It’s a Wonderful Life (and the Phillip Van Doren Stern story that inspired it) tells the story of Bedford Falls and its inhabitants after the death of their drama’s central character.
The Last Temptation of Clarence Odbody restores the dark undercurrent of the Van Doren Stern’s short story “The Greatest Gift” to the uplifting plot of Capra’s film, and explores how the familiar characters in it might respond to the dire circumstances created by George Bailey’s disappearance from their lives. The paths of an introspective cab driver, a ruthless henchman, and a wayward daughter collide nearly twenty years later in the town that defined their reputations for better or for worse.
The Last Temptation of Clarence Odbody restores the dark undercurrent of the Van Doren Stern’s short story “The Greatest Gift” to the uplifting plot of Capra’s film, and explores how the familiar characters in it might respond to the dire circumstances created by George Bailey’s disappearance from their lives. The paths of an introspective cab driver, a ruthless henchman, and a wayward daughter collide nearly twenty years later in the town that defined their reputations for better or for worse.
About the author
John Jughead Pierson (aka Ian Pierce, aka John R. Pierson) has a split career as punk musician (formerly in the seminal Screeching Weasel and now in the genre-crossing band Even in Blackouts) and as a writer/performer/director in the Chicago theater ensemble The Neo-Futurists. The confluence of these two paths led to Piersonrsquo;s fictionalized memoir, Weasels in a Box (Hope and Nonthings, 2005). In his new novel, he returns to the wonder and freedom of fulfilling the lives of purely fictional characters. He lives and works in Chicago.
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