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Utah & All That Jazz

Calvin Grondahl

Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989

  • Calvin Grondahl: Author
Welcome to the surreal world of best selling crtoonist Cal Grondahl. Through his R. Crumm-like visions, he introduces us to the state's "Anti-Pleasure Patrol" and its motto, "To Protect You From Yourself"; through hyperopic images we witness latter-day gulls attacking hordes of Utah deer hunters; we visit "Park City, Colorado," which boasts the least cultural ties to the Beehive State; we see the first structure built in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847--a pioneer basketball court to proselyte Indians; and we find out why some Utahns insist on leaving to "escape extreme sensory deprivation." Once again Grondahl successfully lampoons America's favorite twilight zone--that stretch of emptiness between Nevada and Colorado.
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