The ultimate irony comes when we rent a television set so that we can stay in at nightand watch exactly the same programs that our despised country cousins watch.
The poems and drawings are creative, funny and wise. In the book, readers meet a boy who turns into a television set. They meet a girl who eats a whale.
The material is lightweight, but strong enough to protect not only fragile items like electronics, but also heavy and expensive objects such as television sets.
On the one hand, Truman's home of Seahaven Island- actually a television set constructed within a massive dome- is an idyllic, postcard-perfect place to live.