{"id":7578,"date":"1997-03-02T19:59:10","date_gmt":"1997-03-02T23:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7578"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:34:12","slug":"dancer-dawkins-and-the-california-kid-by-willyce-kim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dancer-dawkins-and-the-california-kid-by-willyce-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancer Dawkins and the California Kid by Willyce Kim [in What Do I Read Next? 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They collide on a San Francisco road which sets in motion a chain of events that includes meeting a mind-reading Korean American chef and her killer dog, saving the country\u2019s vineyards, and rescuing Jessica from a dubious cult.<\/p>\n<p>A rambunctious comic novel, much in the style of a short Tom Robbins creation. The adventure continues in Kim&#8217;s 1988 sequel\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/1997\/03\/02\/dead-heat-by-willyce-kim\/\">Dead Heat.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1985<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6889\" title=\"Dancer Dawkins\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/dancer-dawkins.jpg\" alt=\"Dancer Dawkins\" width=\"125\" height=\"204\" \/>Dancer Dawkins is searching for her lover Jessica. Little Willy Gutherie is searching for a new life as the California Kid. They collide on a San Francisco road which sets in motion a chain of events that includes meeting a mind-reading Korean American chef and her killer dog, saving the country\u2019s vineyards, and rescuing Jessica from a dubious cult.<\/p>\n<p>A rambunctious comic novel, much in the style of a short Tom Robbins creation. The adventure continues in Kim&#8217;s 1988 sequel <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/1997\/03\/02\/dead-heat-by-willyce-kim\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dead Heat.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1985<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,38,6535],"tags":[6608,5330,11,13,216,4867,5329],"class_list":["post-7578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-readers","category-fiction","category-korean-american","category-repost","tag-bookdragon","tag-dancer-dawkins-and-the-california-kid","tag-friendship","tag-love","tag-mystery","tag-what-do-i-read-next-multicultural-literature","tag-willyce-kim"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dancer Dawkins and the California Kid by Willyce Kim [in What Do I Read Next? 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