Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780316560504)

A "shamelessly funny" (Kirkus) and utterly original new novel from Mark Leyner about a father and his intense and devout relationship with his daughter and with alcohol.

An anthropologist and his daughter travel to Kermunkachunk, the capitol of Chalazia, to conduct research for an ethnography on the Chalazian Mafia Faction (a splinter group of the Chalazian Children's Theater).

The book takes place over the course of a night at the Bar Pulpo, Kermunkachunk's #1 spoken-word karaoke bar, where conversations are actually being read from multiple karaoke screens arrayed around the barroom. Moreover, it's Thursday, "Father/Daughter Nite," when the bar is frequented by actual fathers and daughters as well as couples cosplaying fathers and daughters.

Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit is a book about the deep pleasures of reading and drinking, the tumultuous reign of a cabal of mystic mobsters, and, of course, the transcendent love of a father for his daughter.

Author: Mark Leyner
ISBN-10: 0316560502
ISBN-13: 9780316560504
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Language: English
Published: 01/19/2021
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2020
Publishers Weekly 11/23/2020