Review by Beaver (2007-11-10)
Slapstick is a dark, depressing at times, treatise on the nature of humanity and a bizarre look at a potential future told through the unique, creative story of neanderthal genius twins, one of whom becomes President at the time of the apocalyse. At the same time it is also humorous, satirical, surreal, and off the wall in a Cat's Cradle kind of way - with middle name families, shrinking Chinese, erection inducing gravity tides and the Church of Jesus Christ the Kidnapped. The ending is a bit strange - not too surprisingly. It's a very easy read - I finished it in a day. 8/10