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PublisherKoehler Books

ISBN-101646637445

ISBN-139781646637447

eBay Product ID (ePID)6057286014

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Book TitleHell of Hosanna

Number of Pages276 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicDystopian, Absurdist, Alternative History

GenreFiction

AuthorKip Langton

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews"Citizen Kane meets Brave New World-as enthralling as it is devastating." - Pierce Berolzheimer, Director of Crabs! "...an exuberantly imagined whirl of all-too-human relationships and radically unexpected visions." - Kevin Lane Dearinger, Author of Bad Sex in Kentucky and On Stage with Bette Davis: Inside the Fabulous Flop of Miss Moffat "Kip Langton is a writer to watch." - Fiona Davis, New York Times Bestselling Author "Kip Langton is a man of singular imagination and a story-telling voice all his own. Hell of Hosanna will challenge you. It will provoke your imagination and challenge you to see the world from an entirely new perspective - that of Kip Langton. I think I will be hard pressed to find a better book to read this year. Nicely done, Mr. Langton." - Endy Wright, Author of The Omicron Six and Blood for the Fisher King Hell of Hosanna by Kip Langton is a brilliant mixture of Orwell's 1984, Roddenberry's Genesis II, every Futurama ever, and the 1927 German film, Metropolis. This book is eminently dystopian, supremely engaging, and full of imagery that evokes an emotional response from the very first words on the page. Stick around for the ending, it's more than worth the wait. - James A. Davison, Author of Bottom Feeder, I Am Lazarus and Trinity 3.11

SynopsisImagine the Empire State Building removed from New York City. Imagine that building reconstructed brick-by-brick on your father's private island-the trappings of the past stolen from the public to indulge unfettered hypocrisy. This is James's defeated and ravaged landscape when his father, Fep Anglish, successfully monopolizes all forms of industry into one perfect company called U atop the collapse of the old world. Ownership becomes a thing of the past. Now, anyone can have anything-temporarily. Is this hosanna? Maybe on paper. But to James, the "rent and move on" lifestyle is a total hell. And in this hell, his impossible dream of becoming something fuels his transience and passivity. This is reality until one strange day, when the whole thing comes tumbling down on itself and James finally gets the opportunity to break away. In a U space shuttle, he travels to the ultimate unknown in boundless space. Freedom, finally? The real hosanna?