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'''Any God Will Do''', first published by Random House in 1966, is the sixth book by the American satirist and political novelist [[Richard Condon]]. | '''Any God Will Do''', first published by Random House in 1966, is the sixth book by the American satirist and political novelist [[Richard Condon]]. | ||
==Critical reception== | |||
==Title== | |||
{{Image|Some Angry Angel Paperback.jpg|right|150px|The cover of a Crest paperback edition, date unknown}} | |||
The title, as is the case in five of Condon's first six books, is derived from the first 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: | |||
::''Some angry angel,<br/> | |||
::''Bleared by Bach and too inbred,<br/> | |||
::''Climbed out of bed,<br/> | |||
::''And, glancing downward,<br/> | |||
::''Threw a rock<br/> | |||
::''Which struck an earthbound peacock's head.<br/> | |||
::''The peacock fell.<br/> | |||
::''The peacock's yell,<br/> | |||
::''Outraged by such treason,<br/> | |||
::''Cried out to know why it,<br/> | |||
::''Out of billions,<br/> | |||
::''Should be hit,<br/> | |||
::''And instantly invented a reason.'' | |||
The verse is found in two places: as an [[epigraph]] on a blank page five pages after the title page and two pages before the beginning of the text; and, on page 275, as the closing words or [[coda]] of the book.<ref>The entire verse is in italics in both places in the book. ''Some Angry Angel: A Mid-Century Faerie Tale'', McGraw-Hill, New York, 1960, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-8826</ref> | |||
==Theme== | |||
==Characters== | |||
==Typical Condon quirks and characteristics== | |||
==References== | |||
<references/> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Crime fiction/Catalog of prominent writers]] | |||
Revision as of 11:25, 21 May 2010
Any God Will Do, first published by Random House in 1966, is the sixth book by the American satirist and political novelist Richard Condon.
Critical reception
Title
The title, as is the case in five of Condon's first six books, is derived from the first line of a typical bit of Condonian doggerel that supposedly comes from a fictitious Keener's Manual mentioned in many of his earlier novels:
- Some angry angel,
- Bleared by Bach and too inbred,
- Climbed out of bed,
- And, glancing downward,
- Threw a rock
- Which struck an earthbound peacock's head.
- The peacock fell.
- The peacock's yell,
- Outraged by such treason,
- Cried out to know why it,
- Out of billions,
- Should be hit,
- And instantly invented a reason.
- Some angry angel,
The verse is found in two places: as an epigraph on a blank page five pages after the title page and two pages before the beginning of the text; and, on page 275, as the closing words or coda of the book.[1]
Theme
Characters
Typical Condon quirks and characteristics
References
- ↑ The entire verse is in italics in both places in the book. Some Angry Angel: A Mid-Century Faerie Tale, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1960, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-8826