#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
Another wonderful post Matt. I too am always conflicted about Pride. When I see that Penguin clothing has a special "Pride Collection" with rainbow motifs, I feel alienated, not included. Same-sex desire has just become another (white male) consumer category of late capitalism while its architects as you say, "continue to reinforce the most regressive tendencies of our society." Did you see the magazine cover with the photograph of Pete Buttgieg and his husband Chasten? It was so "straight" and "white". "We're just like you." OY! And if you will permit me one more Pride rant. I cannot stand the legions of shirtless men on Pride, all with the same body. Not enough variety of flowers. In my mid 20's my bf at the time and I went to a pre-Pride brunch in the Village attended by a mostly older (30's!) white gay men. When I mentioned that at previous Prides, I had become bored by all the shirtless bodies, they all looked at me like I had 2 heads and then no one spoke with me after that. So, today I'm going to read some Oscar Wilde and enjoy the silence. Happy Pride, Kelly
Posted by: AntiqueFlaneur | 06/30/2019 at 08:53 AM
Thanks, Kelly -- yes, there's a stultifying quality to so much of what is perceived/promoted as 'gay' and -- even worse -- is accepted as such by many in the 'community.' But as you point out, the best gardens have a wide variety of flowers; let's hope we see more in the next phase :)
Posted by: Matthew Gallaway | 06/30/2019 at 10:05 AM