Experimental narrative format offers a fresh reading experience and literary innovation
Involves a mysterious golden weapon and cryptic questions, inviting readers to ponder meaning and history
Features a cast of eccentric characters including an ancient revolutionary and gibberish-speaking brothers
Set in a historical dinner party, connecting past and present through a secretive sect
Written by renowned author Harry Matthews, known for avant-garde and literary fiction
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By Harry Mathews Introduction by Ed Park ISBN: 9781628976304 Publication Date: 11/04/2025 A remarkable and unusual novel by “one of the most remarkable prose stylist presently writing in English.” —The San Francisco Chronicle
At a dinner party hosted by a wealthy New Yorker, a guest receives an ancient golden weapon as a prize. When the my
