Dimensions
135 x 203 x 15mm
As stated by the author, 'The Gospel of Anarchy' is "set in the South in the summer of 1999, and concerns a group of self-styled anarchists who form a religion based on the abandoned diary of a hobo who used to live in a tent in their backyard."
With wit, warmth, and remarkable insight, Taylor tracks the disillusionments and epiphanies of young punks living on the outskirts of Gainesville, FL. The home they share is a crumbling, one-story shack that contains their debauchery, affairs, theorizing, and eventual fiery transcendence. All of existence seems to pack itself within the walls of their hovel (except when it doesn't) as Taylor explores the boundaries (if there are any) between religion and politics, faith and fanaticism, and what happens when those boundaries break down. Taylor also produces a cultural portrait of late-90s America, of our pre-millennial anxiety, of our vague sense that the world would soon change forever.
Taylor is a prose machine; and his is THE contemporary prose-voice of American twenty-somethings. Fast on the heels of his lauded fiction debut, 'The Gospel of Anarchy' tells a singular story and will further establish Taylor as one of America's most talented young writers.
