The debut novel by Brady Russell. Look for Casa Del Queso on Wednesday, September 19th.
A group house of twenty-somethings in Pittsburg, Kansas is suddenly rocked when jealousy turns to grief and grief turns to streams of water coming from the face of a former housemate. Can Darrah, the itinerant lesbian, find a way to stop the gushing water and save all the house’s wayward husbands and redeem the house? Will infidelity destroy them all? Do any of them ever, ever go to bed. Find out in Casa Del Queso, by Brady Russell.
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December 20th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
i admit, while i was quite weary of the magical realism genre, i was very pleasantly surprised by this book. i enjoyed the characters (i’m a sucker for characters) and the whimsy added a succulent touch to it. i’m currently on my way to russell’s website to read more fiction.
January 4th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Arana, thank you so much! I really appreciate it! I was so excited to see this, this morning. The characters probably feel real because, honestly, every single one is based on a real person and the CASA was a real group house in my hometown. Great bunch of crazy guys and girls.
July 11th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
awesome this guy has to have lesbian friends and some real cool other friends this book reminds me of the people i hung out with when i was coming out. dude is way an oracle him self
September 1st, 2008 at 6:19 am
Wow, ava, thanks! I’m so glad it meant something to you! Someday, I will finally get another book about Pittsburg up on here. I’m easily distracted. I was very excited to find this comment today!!!
January 12th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Sorry but I did not really like this. Too many characters, no clue as to what the story line was if there even was one. The narration was not so great either. I think maybe the author narrated this, so my apologizes for the criticism. I like to do reviews because I read a lot of them myself, this book might be enjoyed by someone else but I just didn’t get it.
May 4th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
isis62, sorry you weren’t into it. I thought the story was pretty straightforward. Water starts mysteriously falling out of one of the characer’s faces and another one goes out to figure out why. It seems to symbolize anguish, so she goes looking for his often missing wife. That’s all. It’s a sort of magical journey thru southeast Kansas… so, not for everyone.
I did narrate it. Sorry that wasn’t so hot either. It’s harder than it looks, I’ll definitely say that!