Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit immortal beloved

Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit immortal belovedA "shamelessly funny" (Kirkus) and utterly original new novel from Mark Leyner about a father and his intense and devout relationship with his daughter and with alcohol. An anthropologist and his daughter travel to Kermunkachunk, the capitol of Chalazia, to conduct research for an ethnography on the Chalazian Mafia Faction (a splinter group of the Chalazian Children's Theater). The book takes place over the course of a night at the Bar Pulpo,

lovers and enemies

and derelict Uncle Robbie -- are driving home

along with her colleagues

Hemley reencounters papier-mâché

hunted by Lykos and his corsairs

But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying

Growing up

Does It Fart

and obsession

As the years have gone by

Welcome to the Wasteland

abandonment