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Book SynopsisPart Unabomber, part van Gogh, David Pelenstein yearns to create an unforgettable masterpiece. He spends his days in the Chicago Public Library, browsing the stacks in search of connections between obscure volume, scrupulously footnoting his research into anarchy, magnetotherapy, plastic surgery and more. We read this journal, tracing his course through books and philosophies as he prepares his magnum opus—blowing up the library that he loves. Fueled by lust for Eve Jablom, the young woman at the library''s checkout desk, Felsenstein hones his plans to perfection. All that remains is to carry them out.
Instant Karma is irresistible from beginning to end. To make this original treatment of a complex and indeed zany subject so consistently entertaining is proof of a new and prodigious talent.—Harry Matthews, author of Cigarettes and Tlooth
. . . a tour de force, an engaging, farcical, joyful reprise of 1000 great ideas tumbling around in one
