The Book of Dave
Five centuries after Dave Rudman wrote a gripping text--part memoir, part deranged philosophical treatise, and part handbook meant for his son when he came of age--it is discovered by the inhabitants on the island of Ham, where it becomes a sacred text of biblical proportion, and its author is...
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Five centuries after Dave Rudman wrote a gripping text--part memoir, part deranged philosophical treatise, and part handbook meant for his son when he came of age--it is discovered by the inhabitants on the island of Ham, where it becomes a sacred text of biblical proportion, and its author is revered as a mighty prophet.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141014548 (0141014547)
Publish date: November 30th 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 477
Edition language: English
[b:The Book of Dave|581933|The Book of Dave|Will Self|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348211857s/581933.jpg|467232] isn't here to make your life as a reader easy. It's a book that kicks sand in the face of the casual, more easily distracted, reader. I first started it back in 2008, and I wasn't focuse...
The cover tattoo art by Duncan X is brilliant. I'd love one of his tattoos!
Twisted vision of a post apocalyptic future. Tied into an even more twisted present. Eloquently told, but ultimately doesn't really go anywhere and left me wondering what point was the author really trying to make?
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