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A budding cult classic that dramatically splits the reviewers Which side will you be on
With a tourdeforce narration by the multiawardwinning Patrick Lawlor who uses his uncompromising talent to bring every character to life with an astonishing vocal range
A BIG JOYOUS BOOK WORTH READING
SIMPLY FOR THE FUN OF ITBLUE INK REVIEW
A ZANY INVENTIVE AND MULTILAYERED FEVER
DREAM OF MURDER AND MAYHEMKIRKUS REVIEWS
A seamless melding of i the intricate plotting of Umberto Eco in The Name of the Rose
ii the sidesplitting humor of John Kennedy Toole in A Confederacy of Dunces
and iii the fabulous world of William Blake
In 1977 Ickey Jerusalem San Franciscos goldenboy poet laureate based on Blake is found dead in a locked firstclass toilet on an arriving redeye flight
Ded Smith a desperately unhappy intelligent philistine with a highly developed philosophy to match is called in to investigate the poets death Thus begins a series of hilarious encounters with the members of Jerusalems coterie updated amalgams of characters from Blakes work
Ded soon realizes that to find out what happened he must not only collect his usual detectives clues but also despite his own poetically challenged outlook get into the dead poets mind
Fighting his way through blasphemous funerals druginduced dreams poetrycharged lovemaking offbeat philosophical discussions and much much more he begins to piece together Jerusalems Blakes seductive allencompassing metaphysics
But by then the attempts to kill Ded and the others have begun
Before Deds deathdodging luck runs out will he be able to solve the case and perhaps in the process develop a new way of looking at the world that might allow him to replace his unhappiness with joy