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'''The Ecstasy Business''', first published by [[The Dial Press]] in 1967, is the seventh book by the American satirist and political novelist [[Richard Condon]]. | '''The Ecstasy Business''', first published by [[The Dial Press]] in 1967, is the seventh book by the American satirist and political novelist [[Richard Condon]]. | ||
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The title, as is the case in six of Condon's first seven books, is derived from the last line of a typical bit of Condonian doggerel that supposedly comes from a fictitious ''[[The Keener's Manual|Keener's Manual]]'' mentioned in many of his earlier novels: | The title, as is the case in six of Condon's first seven books, is derived from the last line of a typical bit of Condonian doggerel that supposedly comes from a fictitious ''[[The Keener's Manual|Keener's Manual]]'' mentioned in many of his earlier novels: | ||
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The Ecstasy Business, first published by The Dial Press in 1967, is the seventh book by the American satirist and political novelist Richard Condon.
Critical reception
Title
The title, as is the case in six of Condon's first seven books, is derived from the last line of a typical bit of Condonian doggerel that supposedly comes from a fictitious Keener's Manual mentioned in many of his earlier novels:
- Let us go down to the peep show,
- For a taste of life and sex to see,
- Let us go down to that place of dreams,
- For a peek at the business of ecstasy.
- Let us go down to the peep show,
The verse is found in only one place, as an epigraph on a blank page four pages after the title page and two pages before the beginning of the text.[1]
Theme
Characters
Typical Condon quirks and characteristics
References
- ↑ Any God Will Do, The Dial Press, New York, 1967, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-14467