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Published by Villard
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Futuristic bioweapon or good old-fashioned messiah? Reincarnated
ex-porn star or mutant information-age revolutionary? The man who
awakens in New York City's Central Park with no memory of his identity
and the enigmatic message FATHER FORGIVE THEM F carved into the flesh
of his back may be all of these things and more. Taken in (and then expelled) by a group of freedom
fighters battling the soul-deadening Vitessa Cultporation, Clearfather
is a stranger in an even stranger land. Following tantalizing clues
that point to the gnomic Stinky Wiggler, and pursued by murderous
Vitessa agents, Clearfather embarks on a surreal odyssey of
self-discovery across an America that resembles a vast amusement park
designed by some unholy trinity of Walt Disney, Hunter S. Thompson, and
Hieronymus Bosch. Accompanying Clearfather is an unforgettable cast of
characters -- including Aretha Nightingale, an ex-football-playing drag
queen; Dooley Duck and Ubba Dubba, hologram cartoon characters sprung
outrageously to life; and the ethereally beautiful Kokomo, whose past
is as much a mystery as Clearfather's own. By turn hilarious and deeply moving, a savage, fiercely
intelligent satire that is also a page-turning adventure and a
transcendent love story, Zanesville marks the arrival of a
brilliant new voice in fiction. pub date: 2005-10-03 | paperback | 9780812974164 |
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