TheDeadFatherisagargantuanhalf-dead,half-alive,partmechanical,wise,vain,powerfulbeingwhostillhashopesforhimself--evenwhileheisbeingdraggedbymeansofacabletowardamysteriousgoal.Inthisextraordinarynovel,markedbytheimaginativeuseoflanguagethatinfluencedagenerationoffictionwriters,DonaldBarthelmeofferedaglimpseintohisfictionaluniverse.