Daughter (Waiting for Her Drunk Father to Return from the Men's Room)

Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit is a novel by Jonathan Leyner that takes place over the course of a night at the Bar Pulpo, Kermunkachunk's #1 spoken-word karaoke bar. It is about the deep pleasures of reading and drinking, the tumultuous reign of a cabal of mystic mobsters, and the transcendent love of a father for his daughter. Leyner is one of the most blazingly imaginative and influential writers of the last thirty years.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 08 December 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

An anthropologist and his daughter embark on a journey to Kermunkachunk, the capital of Chalazia, to conduct extensive research for an ethnography on the Chalazian Mafia Faction, a splinter group of the Chalazian Children's Theater. The book unfolds over the course of a night at the renowned Bar Pulpo, Kermunkachunk's premier spoken-word karaoke bar. Additionally, it's Thursday, Father/Daughter Nite, a night when actual fathers and daughters, as well as couples cosplaying as fathers and daughters, flock to the bar.

Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit emanates from the letters on an optometrist's eye chart, karaoke screens within the bar, and posters on a piazza that serves as the backdrop for phantasmagorical and unending mob wars. This novel relentlessly pulls the rug out from under itself, leaving the reader suspended in a state of perpetual exhilaration. Leyner, one of the most imaginative and influential writers of the past thirty years, has not only crafted his funniest novel but has also ventured into unprecedented territory. Imagine tripping on a hallucinogen created by an alien intelligence and then having the urge to immediately call your dad (in this world or the next) and express your love for him—that's what reading Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit feels like.

Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit is a novel that delves into the profound pleasures of reading and drinking, the tumultuous reign of a cabal of mystic mobsters, and, of course, the transcendent love of a father for his daughter. It stands as a unique and unparalleled literary experience, unlike anything readers have encountered before.

Weight: 260g
Dimension: 208 x 138 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780316560474