Throughout their travels, he offers to share these nuggets of wisdom, though it's to a mixed reception by Cam and Gonzo. Balder Wisdomīeing immortal imparts Balder with knowledge that he's accumulated over many years. He manages to impart wisdoms to the protagonist in a timely manner, saves the day a few times, and then dies just when everything looks like it's going to get resolved. (Stick with us, here, we have a point.) There are actually a bunch of parallels: He's short, he's adorable, and once he's freed from nasty owners (here we can think of the drunken, drug-dealing party dudes as the Malfoy family) he pledges his undying loyalty to his new friend. (Sept.Balder Friend to All and Yard Gnome With An Attitudeīalder is kind of the Dobby of Going Bovine. Offer this to fans of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Bray's surreal humor may surprise fans of her historical fantasies about Gemma Doyle, as she trains her satirical eye on modern education, American materialism and religious cults (the smoothie-drinking members of the Church of Everlasting Satisfaction and Snack 'N' Bowl). Either way, what readers have is an absurdist comedy in which Cameron, Gonzo (a neurotic dwarf) and Balder (a Norse god cursed to appear as a yard gnome) go on a quixotic road trip during which they learn about string theory, wormholes and true love en route to Disney World. What takes place after he is hospitalized is either that a gorgeous angel persuades him to search for a cure that will also save the world, or that he has a vivid hallucination brought on by the disease. Then something happens to make him the focus of his family's attention: he contracts mad cow disease. Cameron Smith, 16, is slumming through high school, overshadowed by a sister “pre-majoring in perfection,” while working (ineptly) at the Buddha Burger.
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