I started reading this when it first came out a few years ago but had to return it before I finished. I just got back to it and really enjoyed it. Sixteen year old Cameron Smith is diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease a.k.a. bovine spongiform encephalopathy a.k.a. "Mad Cow" disease and is going to die, which sucks. He is given hope by Dulcie, a strange sort of punk angel who may or may not be a hallucination. She tells him there is a cure if he's willing to go find it. Cameron begins a trek of epic proportions with a dwarf named Gonzo, a yard gnome possessed by the Norse god Balder, fire giants, a jazz horn player, a rock band that disappeared in a black hole, a missing scientist, snow globes, and an MTV-like spring break party in Florida. I'm not going to give away the bittersweet ending.
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