One Ton: The True and Heartrending Tale of a Fatboy's Triumph

A wild, rollicking satire, written in the key of "Dr. Strangelove," One Ton satirizes the modern fat world of America as well as politics in the U.S. and worldwide. The hero of the tale is Leland (The Blob) Lebeau, the first modern hunger artist in the world, putting on performances in non-eating, as he strives to make himself the first man ever to lose nine-tenths of himself. After a series of setbacks and comic pratfalls, Leland later turns around and becomes NUMBER ONE ARTIST OF THE EAT-...