<p>And so begins the HooDoo Western by Ishmael Reed, author of <em>Mumbo Jumbo</em> and one of America's most innovative and celebrated writers. Reed demolishes white American history and folklore as well as Christian myth in this masterful satire of contemporary American life.</p><p>In addition to the black, satanic Loop Garoo Kid, <em>Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down</em> features Drag Gibson (a rich, slovenly cattleman), Mustache Sal (his nymphomaniac mail-order bride), Thomas Jefferson and many others in a hilarious parody of the old Western. </p>