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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501756948
035 _a(DE-B1597)572294
040 _aDE-B1597
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050 4 _aPS3619.A66
_bD65 2011
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082 0 4 _a813/.6
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aSapp, Gregg
_eautore
245 1 0 _aDollarapalooza or The Day Peace Broke Out in Columbus /
_cGregg Sapp.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (508 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aSwitchgrass Books
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tPrelude --
_tPart 1 Before --
_tOn the gray, mirthless day --
_tThere's a right time for everything --
_tVonn was lying --
_tIt pleased milt to ponder --
_tIt was more or less --
_tJay-rome often hung around --
_tMel worried about things --
_tShine knew she'd be late for work again --
_tMark counted on blatz --
_t"Boo!" Huck squealed --
_tThe gluttonous juggernaut --
_tOn a lunatic full moon --
_tMilt's milkman instincts --
_tInterlude --
_tPart 2 After --
_tIf not for Vonn's dogged --
_tThe grand reopening of Dollarapalooza --
_tRevenues were stagnant --
_tUgg dogg, didn't appreciate the ruckus --
_tOne of the few out-of-touch persons --
_tBefore the internet, there was graffiti --
_tVonn liked to look out the window --
_tMel never remebered to buy milk --
_tVonn succumbed to popular pressure --
_tWhen Vonn watched the video --
_tWhenever she walked so fast --
_tTake me out to the ball game --
_tWe've done chose us a date --
_tShine had planned to lie to the choir --
_tTo Hear Milt tell the story --
_tEpilogue
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThis sprawling, footnoted, comedic epic centers around Vonn Carp, who travels to his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, for a funeral. He is returning disgraced and destitute, when, after a long and productive career in higher education, he was discovered to have falsified his academic credentials 20 years prior. Recently divorced and suddenly unemployable, he reluctantly agrees to join his father, Milt, in what he considers an iffy business venture—Dollarapalooza, a family-owned dollar store. For Milt the shop is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for old-fashioned mercantilism, a "general" store. The store falls on hard times when a massive, big box "Wow-Mart" opens across the street and after a nearly tragic armed robbery in his store, Milt disappears. To the surprise and chagrin of the Carp family, Vonn insists on re-opening Dollarapalooza. Along with the store's eccentric staff, Vonn fashions an alternative business model aiming to make a difference in people's lives "one dollar at a time." For just one dollar, Vonn will answer anybody's question on any topic, and the citizens of Columbus come to him seeking his opinions on subjects like love, celibacy, anthropology, metaphysics, the Internet, and the true meaning of value. Through his interactions with the store's staff and customers, he conceives a new way of life with a changed outlook and a restored sense of purpose.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aDiscount houses (Retail trade)
_vFiction.
650 0 _aFamily-owned business enterprises
_vFiction.
650 4 _aFiction & Short Stories.
650 4 _aLiterary Studies.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.
_2bisacsh
653 _aColumbus Ohio, comedic epic, disgraced professor, dollar store, general store.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781501756948
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501756948
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