The End of the World
Today’s featured book is The End of the World by Andrew Biss.
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy
Length: 27,400 words
Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 207 KB
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1461018021
Publisher: Vacancy Books (March 12, 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
Language: English
ASIN: B004RZ26E2
Lending: Enabled
Synopsis
Are you prepared for what comes next?
Accustomed to a life of cosseted seclusion at home with his parents, Valentine is suddenly faced with making his own way in the world. His new life is quickly upended, however, when he’s mugged at gunpoint. Finding shelter at a mysterious inn run by the dour Mrs. Anna, he soon encounters a Bosnian woman with a hole where her stomach used to be, an American entrepreneur with a scheme to implant televisions into people’s foreheads, and a Catholic priest who attempts to lure him down inside a kitchen sink. Then things start getting strange…
In this story based loosely around the state of Bardo from The Tibetan Book of the Dead – an intermediate state where the dead arrive prior to rebirth – dying is the easy part. Getting out of Bardo and returning to the land of the living is a far more perilous proposition, and unless you know what you’re doing…you might never leave.
An odd, yet oddly touching tale of life, death, and the space in-between.
About Andrew Biss
The works of award-winning author and playwright Andrew Biss have been produced in New York, London, Los Angeles, and many other cities across North America and Europe. His plays have won awards on both coasts of the U.S., critical acclaim in the U.K., and are an Off-Off-Broadway mainstay.
His work is published by Smith & Kraus, Inc., Meriwether Publishing Ltd., and JAC Publishing & Promotions.
He is a graduate of the University of the Arts London, and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.
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