The Jerusalem Syndrome by Marc Maron

The Jerusalem Syndrome by Marc Maron

By the author of Attempting Normal and host of the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, The Jerusalem Syndrome is The Gospel according to Maron: a spiritual memoir of your average hyperintelligent, ultraneurotic, superhip Jewish standup comedian and seeker.
The Jerusalem Syndrome is a genuine psychological phenomenon that often strikes visitors to the Holy Land_the delusion that they are suddenly direct vessels for the voice of God. Marc Maron seems to have a distinctly American version of the Jerusalem Syndrome, which has led him on a lifelong quest for religious significance and revelation in the most unlikely of places.
Maron riffs on Beat phenomena with its sacred texts, established rituals, and prescribed pilgrimages. He spends some time exploring the dark side of things, as his obsessions with cocaine (known to Maron as magic powder ), conspiracy theories, and famous self-destructive comedians convince him that the gates of hell open beneath Los Angeles. As his quest matures, he reveals the religious aspects of Corporate America, pontificating on the timeless beauty of the Coca-Cola logo and even taking a trip to the Philip Morris cigarette factory, where the workers puff their own products with a zealot-like fervor. The culmination of Maron s Jerusalem Syndrome comes during his own tour of the Holy Land, where, with Sony camcorder glued to his eye socket, he comes face-to-face with his own ambiguous relationship to Judaism and reaches the brink of spiritual revelation_or is it nervous breakdown?
Marc Maron has considerably adapted and expanded his praised one-man show to craft a genuine literary memoir. Whether he s a genuine prophet or a neurotic mess, he ll make you laugh as you question the meaning of life.
Marc Maron is blazingly smart, rapid-fire, and very funny . . . A brilliant and relentless screed. David Rakoff, author of Fraud
Marc Maron is the first crazy person I ve ever envied. In his brainiac-memoir-meets-hilarious-travelogue, he demonstrates the ability to tell a story with an extraordinary provocative intelligence that is regrettably shared by few. _ Janeane Garofolo, comedian

Marc Maron is a comedian, actor, author, and the host of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. He has had stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central, EPIX, and Netflix, as well as creating and starring in the IFC sitcom Maron and the Netflix Original Series GLOW. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Brendan McDonald and Marc Maron co-created and executive produced WTF. He is a veteran television, radio, and digital media producer who has won Emmys. With his wife and son, he lives in Brooklyn.

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ISBN 13	9780767908108
ISBN 10	0767908104
Title	The Jerusalem Syndrome
Author	Marc Maron
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Year published	2001-10-09
Number of pages	192
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.