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“Delightfully visual, full of whimsy, adventure, and blithely caustic social commentary
… [a] smart, frolicsome, and charming first novel. ”
Booklist (Starred Review)
“Zany and entertaining… a generous and whacky story in the tradition of Tom Robbins.”
Publishers Weekly
“Going to See the Elephant” has been selected as one of the “7 Best Books” of the New Year.
Amazon.com
“Going to See the Elephant” is a vivid, giant mash note to the city by the bay. It’s an adventure story, a love story and a story about growing up.”
San Francisco Chronicle
“Rodes Fishburne has no interest in front-page realism — magic realism is more his thing. He’s a fantacist, and his sweet comic novel is as light as a bright balloon, and just as appealing.”
USA Today
“… a debut novel that’s hilarious, unpredictable, and lovely.”
Meaghan Leenaarts, Island Bookstore, Corolla, NC
“Going to See the Elephant” has been selected as a January 2009 selection of the Indie Next List!
IndieBound
“Slater Brown… is just the man I’d want to lead me through the streets of San Francisco…. Going to See the Elephant is a rollicking good tale… one can’t help falling in love.”
Michelle Richmond
“Going to See the Elephant will delight anybody who has ever written a first novel, wanted to write a first novel, and especially those who cherish reading unforgettable first novels. It is both funny and wise.”
James Patterson
“Rodes Fishburne is a marksman hunting down first-novel fame, and he never misses”
Tom Wolfe
This article, “When Whirl was King,” was written for Forbes ASAP in the fall of 2000 as the wings were starting to peel off the digital revolution. At one point during the Bubble Years, a venture capitalist was heard to say that the invention of the Internet was more important than the discovery of fire. continue reading…
This New Yorker piece fell into my lap one night as I walked home, near dusk. Paul and Larry, just two more characters, like Beckett’s Pozzo and Lucky, trying to make sense of it all and unintentionally giving the rest of us a memorable metaphor: “The Rules are Hanging.” continue reading…
For several years I watched this character in downtown San Francisco. He seemed so out of place in the midst of such modern goings on, and yet there was something timeless about him too. I wasn’t alone in appreciating him. The response to the piece was overwhelming. The editor of the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine said it was one of their most popular pieces.
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