Oedipus Cadet Author:Willie Smith Oedipus Cadet is a very funny book. It is a satire of the middle-American ideal of security and stability. In the 1950's everything appears stable. But beneath appearances something sinister lurks. It arises from the depths, flirting with, even wholly engaging, pure evil. It is a consuming fire, blazing from the furnaces of the ... more »libido to enflame your entire being. It is the violation of what you hold most dear. It is PUBESCENT FANTASY! Or is it? Willie Smith blends fantasy and - what? Other fantasy? Let's call it reality - until first you are not certain which is which and then you know very well. Oedipus Cadet is very seductive. It is a book to be experienced rather than read with detachment. After reading this book, you will look at life perhaps with sympathy, perhaps with horror. Also, it is a fun book.« less