Prophet of the Show

Loneliness, alienation, violence, pornography, consumption and hunger for fame... A void that nothing can fill, contaminated with countless lies poured out from television channels... The Prophet of Spectacle, a new A dark satire about the frightening madness of the modern world at the turn of the millennium; A sharp-tongued contempt for media, fame and pop culture...
Tender Branson is one of the thousands of missionaries who were born and raised in the fake paradise of the Creedish sect, isolated from the world, and were sent to the outside world. According to church doctrine, his duty is to work as long as he lives and to die when necessary. While his fate changes unexpectedly and takes him to the heights of fame, it also introduces him to the insight of media and popular culture. What they experience on the way to becoming a demigod turns into a striking harbinger of the apocalypse we will soon face... Branson will try to destroy the life that was never given to him in the sect by being buried in the ugliness of the "outside world" until the end. However, trying to carve out a destiny for himself is pointless, according to the mysterious Fertility Hollis who interferes in his life. What will happen is already clear and it has to happen... And "the only difference between committing suicide and being a martyr is making headlines in the newspaper." . From the author of Fight Club, a novel as striking as the first one, a unique example of underground literature.



Number of Pages: 320

< b>Print Year: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Ayrinti Publications

Number of Pages: 320

First Printing Year: 2002

Language: Turkish