Boonville (novel)
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Boonville is a novel
by Robert Mailer Anderson
. It was published by HarperCollins
in 2001 and became a national bestseller.
The book tells the story of a man named John Gibson, as he breaks up with his girlfriend and leaves Miami, Florida
to move to the small town of Boonville, California
. The book portrays the town in a somewhat comical manner, bringing to life a number of colorful Mendocino County stereotypes including hippie
s, rednecks, feminists
, and commercial marijuana
cultivation. The author nearly apologizes to the town's residents in the book's preface, saying "So, any of the local residents who can read, and do read this novel, and take offense at the descriptions or content, instead of sucker-punching me while I'm in town trying to buy groceries with my wife and son, let me just buy you a drink and we'll call it even. As for the hippies in the county who may be upset at the depiction of hippies, I say, 'Tough shit, hippie."
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Robert Mailer Anderson
Robert Mailer Anderson
Robert Mailer Anderson is an American novelist.In 2007 he co-wrote, produced, and appeared in "Pig Hunt," a punkabilly horror film set in Northern California.- External links :* *...
. It was published by HarperCollins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
in 2001 and became a national bestseller.
The book tells the story of a man named John Gibson, as he breaks up with his girlfriend and leaves Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
to move to the small town of Boonville, California
Boonville, California
Boonville is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located southwest of Ukiah, at an elevation of 381 feet . The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. The book portrays the town in a somewhat comical manner, bringing to life a number of colorful Mendocino County stereotypes including hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
s, rednecks, feminists
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
, and commercial marijuana
Cannabis (drug)
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish word marihuana...
cultivation. The author nearly apologizes to the town's residents in the book's preface, saying "So, any of the local residents who can read, and do read this novel, and take offense at the descriptions or content, instead of sucker-punching me while I'm in town trying to buy groceries with my wife and son, let me just buy you a drink and we'll call it even. As for the hippies in the county who may be upset at the depiction of hippies, I say, 'Tough shit, hippie."