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Simon & Schuster
January 2019
On Sale: January 15, 2019
304 pages
ISBN: 1501146068
EAN: 9781501146060
Kindle: B07GNTDC4Q
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Humor | Literature and Fiction
A brilliant send-up of our contemporary culture from Sam Lipsyte, the critically acclaimed author of Home Land, centered around an unwitting mindfulness guru and the phenomenon he initiates. In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse, and spiritual confusion, many folks are searching for peace, salvation, andβperhaps most immediatelyβjust a little damn focus. Enter Hark Morner, an unwitting guru whose technique of βMental Archeryββa combination of mindfulness, mythology, fake history, yoga, and, well, archeryβis set to captivate the masses and raise him to near-messiah status. Itβs a role he never asked for, and one he is woefully underprepared to take on. But his inner-circle of modern pilgrims have other plans, as do some suddenly powerful fringe players, including a renegade Ivy League ethicist, a gentle Swedish kidnapper, a crossbow-hunting veteran of jungle drug wars, a social media tycoon with an empire on the skids, and a mysteriously influential (but undeniably slimy) catfish. In this social satire of the highest order, Sam Lipsyte, the New York Times bestseller and master of the form, reaches new peaks of daring in a novel that revels in contemporary absurdity and the wild poetry of everyday language while exploring the emotional truths of his characters. Hark is a smart, incisive look at men, women, and children seeking meaning and dignity in a chaotic, ridiculous, and often dangerous world.
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