You Bright and Risen Angels A Cartoon by William T Vollmann published by Penguin

Description: "You Bright and Risen Angels A Cartoon" by William T. Vollmann published by Penguin Books 1988. Synopsis:The debut work of fiction from the National Book Award-winning author of Europe CentralYou Bright and Risen Angels is the work of an extraordinary imagination. In this free-wheeling novel of epic proportions, William T. Vollmann has crafted a biting, hilarious satire of history, technology, politics, and misguided love. In the jungles of South America, on the ice fields of Alaska, the plains of the Midwest, and the streets of San Francisco, a fearsome battle rages. The insects are vying for world domination; the inventors of electricity stand in evil opposition. Bug , a young man, rebels against his own kind and joins forces with the insects. Wayne, a thug, allies himself with the malevolent forces of electricity and vows to assassinate the preying mantis who tends bar in Oregon.About the Author:William T. Vollmann is the author of ten novels, including Europe Central, which won the National Book Award. He has also written four collections of stories, including The Atlas, which won the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, a memoir, and six works of nonfiction, including Rising Up and Rising Down and Imperial, both of which were finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His journalism and fiction have been published in The New Yorker, Harpers, Esquire, Granta, and many other publications. 172 pages. Selling for over $100.00 on other sites. This book belongs to my brother who worked for Harley Davidson in the 1980's. He also motorcycle raced in Florida and at one time had his own shop. We are selling this and other items to help raise money for him. After leaving his job at York, Pa. he traveled the world doing various jobs. He did essentially low pay and volunteer work around the United States, India, Sri Lanka, Burma and in Japan for over fifty years. He became an ordained Buddhist monk in Japan about 30 years ago, the First American to do so in decades. He failed to save for his senior years and he is now in his 70's. He lost the family home due to an unexpected death in the family and his lack of funds to pay off the estate. We are selling this and other items to help raise money for him.

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