The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

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name = The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
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image_caption = 1st edition softcover
author = Daniel Pinkwater
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Young adult, Comedy, Horror novel
publisher = Signet Books
release_date = March 1, 1983
media_type = Print (Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 0451121503
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followed_by = The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror

Originally published in 1982, "The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death" is a young adult novel written by Daniel Pinkwater and features alienated teenagers, avocado-obsessed mad scientists, and a plot to replace all of the world's realtors with aliens.

Plot summary

The story is told from the viewpoint of Walter Galt, a teenager on the verge of dying from boredom at Genghis Khan High School, until he meets Winston Bongo, another suffering student and the self-proclaimed inventor of "snarking out" (which involves sneaking out of your house late at night, going to the movie theater, hanging out, and sneaking back home without getting caught). They usually go to an all-night movie theater, The Snark. While snarking out, they meet the usual assortment of oddballs, such as Ms. Bentley Saunders Harrison Matthews, a.k.a. Rat, and places, from Blueberry Park to Lower North Aufzoo Street to Beanbender's Beer Garden. Along the way, they help foil the scheme of the world's greatest criminal genius and his gang of trained orangutans.

Availability

The book, while out-of-print in its original form, can be found in his 1997 omnibus, "5 Novels : Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars; Slaves of Spiegel; The Last Guru; Young Adult Novel; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death".

The book was followed by a 1984 sequel, "The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror". A third novel, "I Snarked with a Zombie" was planned but never written.