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More copies of this ISBN:Instant Karmaby Mark Swartz
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Instant Karma is a novel in the form of a diary written by an overzealous reader who daily browses the stacks of the Chicago Public Library in search of connections between obscure volumes, scrupulously footnoting his research, which seems to argue for the conspiracy of terrorism and art. Soon he begins to prepare his magnum opus-blowing up the library that he loves. Alternating between sweeping pronouncements on art and society, and self-mocking accounts of the day's humiliations, the diarist distills a sizable card catalogue of disparate books to fuel the destructive madness in his heart. Mark Swartz is a writer from Chicago now living in Brooklyn. He works for the Museum of Modern Art as a copywriter and editor. Review:"This is a tricky puzzle of
a tale, one readers will enjoy in direct proportion to their interest in the
roles books and libraries play in our lives, and to their familiarity with
the diverse sources Swartz so cannily samples and remixes in this
intelligent, arch, timely and piquant satire." The Chicago Tribune Review:"Welcome to the oddball world of David Felsenstein, a Chicago loner who's
part Young Werther, part Travis Bickle and part post-adolescent Borges... a
kind of Dewey Decimal tribute to Paul Auster's Leviathan..." Los
Angeles Times Review:"Imagine a collaboration between David Sedaris and David Foster Wallace on a
book about the interrelationship of art and anarchy.... What you end up with
is Mark Swartz's weird but wonderful Instant Karma..." Washington City
Paper Synopsis:"Instant Karma" is a novel in the form of a diary written by a denizen of the Chicago Public Library. David Felsenstein is a solitary, extremely intelligent, but rather unhinged young man, a voracious reader who annotates his journal with quotes and illustrations from the books he's reading. About the AuthorMark Swartz is a writer from Chicago now living in Brooklyn. He works for the Museum of Modern Art as a copywriter and editor. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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