The Land of Laughs

Along with his somewhat odd girlfriend, a teacher travels to a small Missouri town with the intention of writing a biography of his favorite author, a deceased children`s writer named Marshall France. As his research commences, he begins to see evidence that France`s writing has bled off of the printed page and onto the real world. Originally published in 1980, this was Carroll`s debut novel, and it introduces one of the overriding themes of his early works: that of the ultimate fluidity between the actual and the fictional. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.