Blip Korterly kicks off a game of graffiti label on an area overpass by painting a straightforward term: “Uh-oh.” An anonymous interlocutor writes back: “When?” Blip slyly answers: “Just a few days.” But what goes on in just a couple of days? Blip is usually imprisoned; his friend, Dr. Flake Fountain-a molecular biologist-is drafted into a shadow-government research project conducting experiments on humans. The virus being tested-cleverly called “the Pied Piper”-makes its victims not capable of symbolic capability; that is, incapable of conversation. Is this natural weaponry? What would happen if it were let loose over the globe? Does a babbling populace pose a threat or provide an opportunity for cultural advancement?This novel’s absurd, larger-than-life characters speak in exuberant prose that’s as satirical since it is playful, as full of implications as it is full of mirth. It’s no wonder Just a few Days has become an underground cult classic