SON OF RHUBARB

by H. Allen Smith ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 9, 1967

This novel is a Pyrrhic victory over several blank reams of paper. Smith has a ghost army of aging followers but whether they will storm the bookstalls for Son of Rhubarb is moot. The original Rhubarb twenty years back was a large tom with a Z-shaped tail who inherited an industrial empire and a baseball team, the New York Loons, and was later immortalized by Hollywood. That Rhubarb, we are now told, fell to his death by water in Pago Pago Bay while in libidinous pursuit of a snow white pussy. However, Rhubarb had sired a son, The Tiger, who lo these many years comes up for his inheritance. This leads to frenetic litigation and a series of situations of utterly no consequence except to insomniacs. Along the way, the Tiger and H. Allen Smith (who shows up as a character) also display libidinous characteristics, though Smith's are confined to verbal leers. The story (?) eventuates in the discovery of a hallucinogenic chili powder with built-in ""tumescence-factor""; still interest flags.

Pub Date: June 9, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Trident

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION