{"product_id":"the-gospel-of-anarchy-paperback","title":"The Gospel of Anarchy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A feverish, fearless writer.\" --Christine Schutt, author of \u003cem\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/em\u003e, finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of Anarchy \u003c\/em\u003eis a beautiful, searching and sometimes brutally funny novel. Justin Taylor writes with fierce precision and perfect balance.\" --Sam Lipsyte, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing his critically acclaimed short story collection \u003cem\u003eEverything Here Is the Best Thing Ever\u003c\/em\u003e, Justin Taylor's mesmerizing debut novel explores the eccentricities, insights, and unexpected grace found in a motley crew of off-beat anarchists, and their quest to achieve utopia in a crumbling Florida commune. In the vein of Chris Adrian, Padgett Powel, and Hunter Thompson, Taylor delivers a shrewd, cerebral, and often wickedly humorous vision of reality on every leaf of the mirthfully absurd \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of Anarchy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn landlocked Gainesville, Florida, in the hot, fraught summer of 1999, a college dropout named David sleepwalks through his life--a dull haze of office work and Internet porn--until a run-in with a lost friend jolts him from his torpor. He is drawn into the vibrant but grimy world of Fishgut, a rundown house where a loose collective of anarchists, burnouts, and libertines practice utopia outside society and the law. Some even see their lifestyle as a spiritual calling. They watch for the return of a mysterious hobo who will--they hope--transform their punk oasis into the Bethlehem of a zealous, strange new creed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his dark and mesmerizing debut novel, Justin Taylor (a master of the modern snapshot--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e) explores the borders between religion and politics, faith and fanaticism, desire and need--and what happens when those borders are breached.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn landlocked Gainesville, Florida, in the hot, fraught summer of 1999, a college dropout named David sleepwalks through his life--a dull haze of office work and Internet porn--until a run-in with a lost friend jolts him from his torpor. He is drawn into the vibrant but grimy world of Fishgut, a rundown house where a loose collective of anarchists, burnouts, and libertines practice utopia outside society and the law. Some even see their lifestyle as a spiritual calling. They watch for the return of a mysterious hobo who will--they hope--transform their punk oasis into the Bethlehem of a zealous, strange new creed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his dark and mesmerizing debut novel, Justin Taylor (\"a master of the modern snapshot\"--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e) explores the borders between religion and politics, faith and fanaticism, desire and need--and what happens when those borders are breached.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 7.99 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762953650464,"sku":"9780061881824","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2224407146b212b9935aaede6bb59da6.webp?v=1780227156","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-gospel-of-anarchy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}