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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Why the banana? was a question friends invariably asked when I mentioned this book. Just as invariably I responded Why not? The banana after all is the most popular fruit in America -close to 5 billion pounds were consumed in 1977. Besides the banana bears considerable weight in our culture; it is used extensively in song paintings literature and all other arts in addition to being incorporated into the national lexicon as a choice symbol for madness. Furthermore the attributes of the banana are the very features that distinguish America. The American knack for mass production which aims to supply the greatest good to the greatest number is the earmark of the banana-raised picked and distributed according to the latest techniques that provide year round a dependable and low-priced food. Moreover the standardization of taste appearance and size of the banana represents our leveling democracy which has raised homogeneity to the heavenly sphere of the virtues. And finally the banana is a fruit of the people: it stands for novelty songs instead of symphonies. pop collages instead of classical oils. Usually after this argument my listeners overcome by the barrage nodded thoughtfully and kept quiet. Of course. I could have told more: about the shiny hands of tiny bananas my father used to bring home which I gulped with such de light when growing up in Cuba; about my shock at first hearing the term banana republic which brought to mind a land with out cities or inhabitants awash in a tide of yellow fruit