Zany!

Wildly off-beat, whimsical, humorous, and philosophical,here is an adventure story to engross the mind,warm the heart, and quicken the imagination. world-renowned concert violinist Zoltan Zanyhas been sitting in his living room armchair for an entireyear, contemplating-with the help of his unconventionalfriends and austrian housekeeper-the future directionof his life. Meanwhile, his etymologist son, attila, along with an israeli linguistand archaeologist named isaac mashugi, is traveling-in search of thefirst word uttered by man-to eastern turkey's mt. ararat, where theybelieve this original ur-word can be found by discovering Noah's ark. they are joined there by the elder Zany. They discover the word and, on a quest for further adventure, return to America to launch a new kind of travel business-Posthumoustours, specializing in dead customers and raising funds by selling reincarnationinsurance.