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- ISBN: 9780822329404 | 0822329409
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/1/2002
"With a novel such as "Mad Toy," brimming with fantasy and romance, yet pulling the rug out from under the protagonist--and the reader--at every turn, it seems clear that Arlt's purpose is not just to tell a good story. Along the way, he also illustrates the uses of fantasy and humor. Fantasy, transforming the sordid into the beautiful, makes life seem sweeter; humor, exposing the illusions of fantasy, makes wisdom tolerable."--from the Introduction