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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlyson Publications
ISBN-101555837433
ISBN-139781555837433
eBay Product ID (ePID)2311347
Product Key Features
Book TitleAnarchy : a Novel
Number of Pages253 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Lgbt / Gay, Political, Humorous / General
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJames Robert Baker
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisA logic-defying plot, encompassing the exploding breasts of a surgically enhanced TV star, Eva Braun's diet pills, a profanity-obsessed Russian Mafia hit man and a forged O.J. Simpson murder tape, leads all the way over the top when a vision of Catherine Deneuve encourages Baker to murder God. As impossible to describe as it is to put down, Baker's final novel is a potent and brilliant satire of Western culture in an era of media overexposure, where what we are told replaces truth and what we see on television becomes our religion., A potent satire of American culture in an era of media overexposure, where what we are told replaces truth and what we see on television becomes our religion. A logic-defying, plot, encompassing the exploding breasts of a surgically enhanced TV star, Eva Braun's diet pills, a forged O.J. Simpson murder tape, a cult of fundamentalist tech heads, and a profanity-obsessed Russian mafia hit man, leads all the way over the top when a vision of Catherine Deneuve encourages James to take out God. James Robert Baker is the author of Testosterone, Tim & Pete, Boy Wonder, Fuel-Injected Dreams ,and Adrenaline. On November 5, 1997, he committed suicide., A logic-defying plot, encompassing the exploding,breasts of a surgically enhanced TV star, Eva,Braun's diet pills, a profanity-obsessed Russian,Mafia hit man and a forged O.J. Simpson murder,tape, leads all the way over the top when a vision,of Catherine Deneuve encourages Baker to murder,God. As impossible to describe as it is to put,down, Baker's final novel is a potent and,brilliant satire of Western culture in an era of,media overexposure, where what we are told,replaces truth and what we see on television,becomes our religion.
