The Adorations by Roger Boylan

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Gustave Termi is sitting on the toilet in Geneva one day when the Archangel Michael calls him to become one of the elect. No one could be more bewildered by this call than the agnostic Gustave. An encounter with a journalist in a therapist's waiting room, however, leads this bumbling middle-aged professor to read of the similarly inexplicable mysti

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The Adorations by Roger Boylan

Gustave Termi is sitting on the toilet in Geneva one day when the Archangel Michael calls him to become one of the elect. No one could be more bewildered by this call than the agnostic Gustave. An encounter with a journalist in a therapist's waiting room, however, leads this bumbling middle-aged professor to read of the similarly inexplicable mysti
"[Boylan] resembles James Joyce at his comically prolix best, with a similar appetite for vernacular nuance and pop allusion" * Village Voice *
Roger Boylan is an American writer who was raised in Ireland, France, and Switzerland and attended the University of Ulster and the University of Edinburgh. His successful novel Killoyle was published by Dalkey Archive Press in 1997, and was followed by a sequel, The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad, published by Grove Press in 2003. He is a frequent contributor to the Boston Review, the New York Times Book Review, and The Economist. He currently lives in San Marcos, Texas.
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ISBN 13 9781628972948
ISBN 10 1628972947
Title The Adorations
Author Roger Boylan
Series American Literature Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
Year published 2020-03-12
Number of pages 568
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.