Author : Jason Bentsman
Publisher : Mardi Gras in the Moment
ISBN 13 : 1413730957
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (137 download)
Book Synopsis Mardi Gras in the Moment by : Jason Bentsman
Download or read book Mardi Gras in the Moment written by Jason Bentsman and published by Mardi Gras in the Moment. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world has waited decades for a new anti-hero in American fiction, a character who prophesizes the pettiness of American social life at the beginning of the twenty-first century. With Conrad Greyman, a social visionary arrives to illuminate the inequities and shallowness of our social lives now, as the Beats did for their generation.In a musty dorm room at an elite college in upstate New York sleeps Conrad Greyman. He sleeps all the time, in fact. Conrad is a casualty of postmodern malaise and bears hidden wounds he doesnt understand.Mardi Gras tells the fantastic story of Conrads spontaneous trip to the great Southern festival. He finds there, amid the infernal chaos of neon lights and Bourbon, a chance for unlikely redemption. Conrads journey through the mad streets of New Orleans becomes a modern hero-quest, and New Orleans an epic landscape. Conrads adventure is populated by holy fools who come to his aid, menacing frat boys, magical beads, and unadulterated American decadence. In the balance hangs the fate of an inward-looking soul trying to make his way through a fractured, carnivalistic world.