The superhero, his underwear bagging at the seat and knees, is just a country boy at heart, tutored to perceive all human action as good or bad, orderly or dynamic, and so doesn't know whether to shit or fly.

He attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale received his B. Life and works
Coover was born in Charles City Iowa. His second book The Universal Baseball Association Inc.

He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction.