The Day Philosophy Dies, Casey Maddox, Flashpoint Press, 2004
A movie star is kidnapped and forced into a 12-step program to cure an addiction to Western Civilization. The star is suddenly star of a movie, but this is not the normal sort of movie. There is no written script, and the kidnappers are the camera operators. Along the way, it is revealed that things like time, work and religion are little more than systems of control. They are meant to keep people compliant and docile, spending their days in an office cubicle, eating what they are told to eat, and watching mindless stuff on TV. The "ideal" person is one who does not think outside the box, or realize that there even is a box. The group barrels around the country, through passion, betrayal, assassination and sex, before reaching an explosive conclusion.
This is a really unique and different book. The author grabs the reader from the first page, and does not let go until the end. Understanding this story is something else entirely. The reaction on finishing this book might be Huh?, but the reader will have a wild time getting there.
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