#gods
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A RADICAL NEW MYTH ABOUT SEX, FAITH,
AND THOSE OF US WHO WILL NEVER DIE
A young boy wanders into the woods of Harlem and witnesses the abduction of his
sister by a glowing creature. Forty years later,
now working as a New York City homicide
detective, Gus is assigned to a case in which he
unexpectedly succumbs to a vision that Helen
is still alive. To find her, he embarks on an
uorthodox investigation that leads to an ancient
civilization of gods and the people determined
to bring them back.
In this colossal new novel from the author
of The Metropolis Case, the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice collides with a new religion founded by three corporate office workers, creating something
beautiful, illogical, and overwhelming. Part sex
manifesto, part religious text, part Manhattan
noir—with a dose of deadly serious, internet inspired satire—#gods is a sprawling inquest
into the nature of faith and resistance in the
modern world. With each turn of the page,
#gods will leave you increasingly reborn.
Praise for #gods
“#gods is a mystery, an excavation of myths, an index of modern life, a gay coming-of-age
story, an office satire, a lyrical fever dream, a conspiracy. One of the most ambitious
novels in recent memory—and a wild, possibly transformative addition to the canon of
gay literature—it contains multitudes, and seethes with brilliance.” —Mark Doten,
author of The Infernal
“Matthew Gallaway’s #gods is a novel so brilliant, so funny, so full of strange and marvelous
things, I couldn’t stop writing OMG WTF I <3 THIS SO MUCH in its margins. It’s rare to
find a novel that so dazzlingly reinvigorates age-old meditations on faith and f&!*ing, art
and eros. Luminous, enterprising, and sublimely cheeky, #gods tells the story, the myth,
the dream of the human soul in all its glorious complexity.” —Suzanne Morrison,
author of Yoga Bitch
“Matthew Gallaway’s storytelling manages to be both dreamy and serious; lean and luxurious.
His words carry an incantatory power of mythic storytelling where beauty and
savagery wrap around each other like bright threads in a gorgeous tapestry.”
—Natasha Vargas-Cooper,
author of Mad Men Unbuttoned: A Romp Through 1960s America
“If the ancient gods were just like us, only more so, then the same could be said for this
strange, wonderful book, in which the mundane sorrows and small triumphs of very
ordinary lives glow ever so slightly around the edges, sometimes quite literally. At once
an oddly romantic send-up of dead-end office culture and an offbeat supernatural procedural,
#gods is terrifically weird, melancholy, sexy, and charming.” —Jacob Bacharach,
author of The Bend of the World
Why do you live there?
Posted by: nearlynormalized | 08/31/2008 at 06:12 PM
Because I have a house that's going to be worth $$$$ in about ten years; because it's architecturally and geographically beautiful; because I think everyone should understand the experience of being a true outsider; because it's taught me a lot about life, which is not always about taking the easy way out.
Posted by: The Gay Recluse | 08/31/2008 at 07:23 PM
Do you think you will be alive in ten years? What a silly way to look at alomost happiness. If you love your home and are a prisoner in it, there seems to be not a balance. I have been an out dyke for many years, talk about not being easy; it has been different and "phuque em if they can't take a joke." I have not been abused, because in #'s fools don't say much and if they do my come back is, "Your wife has come back for seconds." Stay healthy, enjoy your home and "Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone."
Posted by: nearlynormalized | 09/02/2008 at 01:38 AM
Mr. Gay Recluse--the bottom line to it all, you are a snob. Enjoy yourself-and stay in your home.
Posted by: nearlynormalized | 09/03/2008 at 02:17 AM
Thanks, NN! I will always cop to being a snob (and a misansthrope and a cynic). That's why I'm a recluse!
Posted by: The Gay Recluse | 09/03/2008 at 06:01 PM
Enjoy the view, it is another constant in you life besides what?
Posted by: nearlynormalized | 10/10/2008 at 11:34 PM
Hey NN! Mostly I'm either writing (see below link), watching teevee, on the internets, or gardening.
http://gawker.com/5060254/the-happiest-against%20all%20odds-book-deal
Posted by: The Gay Recluse | 10/11/2008 at 04:01 PM
How does the gardening on the roof go at this time? Do you skate on the roof? Happy Holidays.
Posted by: nearlynormalized | 12/26/2008 at 02:14 AM