The Last Smoker on Earth: and the End of Literature

Basil Dillon-Malone

ISBN 10: 1525589563 / ISBN 13: 9781525589560

Edité par Friesenpress Jun 2021, 2021

Neuware - All great writers in history were smokers but now smoking had been banned globally effective New Year's Day 2009. The Act of Cessation was launched during the transition between the Bush and Obama administrations with dire implications because of the rampant rumor of Obama being a closet-smoker. This book is a parody about a brilliant writer who lives two lives - one in the media industry interfacing with celebrities, a number of whom make cameo appearances. The other is his secret life as the last smoker on earth. Facilitated by nicotine stimulation, the protagonist is on a mission to return literature to society as a closet-smoker, writing the great American novel in his surreptitious sojourns to the underground. If apprehended by the anti-tobacco police he will be incarcerated in a place called the Midnight Express and never heard from again. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781525589560

Synopsis :

All great writers in history were smokers but now smoking had been banned globally effective New Year's Day 2009. The Act of Cessation was launched during the transition between the Bush and Obama administrations with dire implications because of the rampant rumor of Obama being a closet-smoker. This book is a parody about a brilliant writer who lives two lives - one in the media industry interfacing with celebrities, a number of whom make cameo appearances. The other is his secret life as the last smoker on earth. Facilitated by nicotine stimulation, the protagonist is on a mission to return literature to society as a closet-smoker, writing the great American novel in his surreptitious sojourns to the underground. If apprehended by the anti-tobacco police he will be incarcerated in a place called the Midnight Express and never heard from again.

À propos de l'auteur: Basil Dillon-Malone grew up in Ballina, Co. Mayo, and graduated from University College Dublin. He lives in Syracuse, NY. He has written for international publications.

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Titre : The Last Smoker on Earth: and the End of ...
Éditeur : Friesenpress Jun 2021
Date d'édition : 2021
Reliure : Buch
Etat : Neu