Dimensions
135 x 210 x 15mm
"I speak Spanish to God, French to women, English to men, and Japanese to my horse." - Buckaroo Banzai
By relentless popular demand, the cult novel behind the notorious 1984 film that sparked an enduring underground sci-fi phenomenon is back in print, featuring an insert of exclusive photographs.
Buckaroo Banzai. A strange, elusive figure, his name whispered in barrooms and boardrooms, his advice sought by pashas and presidents, his exploits recounted in movies, novels, and comic books that seem somehow more real than life itself.
Buckaroo Banzai. First and foremost an extraordinary brain surgeon. In his spare time designer and driver of the electrifying Jet Car, a speed machine faster than sound! Buckaroo Banzai. A happy man whose life has been marked by great tragedy, who speaks a dozen languages and writes songs in all of them. His musical sidekicks the Hong Kong Cavaliers - Rawhide, Reno, the Swede, Perfect Tommy, Flyboy, Big Norse, Pecos - are one of the toughest, most popular hard-rocking bar bands in east Texas.
Join Team Banzai on their two-fisted, action-packed assault against the evil red Lectroids from Planet 10! Experience the horrors of the Shock Tower and the Pitt deep within the walls of Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems as Buckaroo Banzai fights against impossible odds to rescue Penny Priddy from the clutches of Dr Emilio Lizardo, the diabolically alien dictator. Pray that Buckaroo will succeed, knowing only too well that if he fails the Earth itself will be blown to dust!
For countless fans around the world, the long-out-of-print 'Buckaroo Banzai' has come to represent so much more than just another sci-fi novel. Judging from the dozens of Buckaroo-themed Web sites, chat rooms and fan conventions, Earl Mac Rauch's offbeat, irony-flavoured, hard-to-find book inspires an almost religious level of loyalty and fascination, and it seems to be more popular today than ever before.
Coinciding with the long-awaited DVD release of the movie starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd, this one-of-a-kind collector's paperback edition, featuring an exclusive photo insert (courtesy of the mysterious "Banzai Institute"), promises to thrill both veteran and newly initiated Team Banzai enthusiasts alike.
