Books
June, 1993
Hyperbole has so overloaded book reviewing that when an exceptional book shows up, there are no adjectives left for a reviewer to use. Admittedly, we're biased: Playboy has been a fan of Bob Shacochis' writing since 1982, when we published his short story Lord Short Shoe Wants the Monkey. It was his first national exposure. Now comes his novel Swimming in the Volcano (Scribner's), one of the finest we have read in years. This book takes a serious look at contemporary life by way of fictional cha...
