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""A madcap thriller with sharp social commentary from Pargin."" - William Earl, Variety ""Strident and timely, the dark humor of this wild standalone adventure from Pargin evokes satirists like Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams for a new age... It's a raucous roller-coaster ride."" -- Publisher's Weekly ""A comical road trip that may end in mass destruction...Wacky, thoughtful, and fun."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""...what's inside is the mystery propelling this provocative, rambunctious, comedic cultural rant of a novel that's fueled by internet paranoia, conspiracy theories and outlandish action scenes. Think Ernest Cline's ""Ready Player One""'s pacing with Carl Hiaasen-like social commentary on our digital age."" -- The Minnesota Star Tribune ""A road trip through America that is equal parts hilarious and terrifying. Jason understands humanity better than most, and it's inspiring that his diagnosis is ultimately optimistic."" -- Daniel O'Brien, Senior Writer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ""I was hooked from the first page. If I'm honest, from the first sentence or two. Jason has a rare gift for delivering High Weirdness coated in a sticky layer of real life, deeply relatable shit that forces you to see yourself in whatever weirdo or maniac he introduces. It's a rare gift, but he's got a lot of those. You should read this book."" -- Robert Evans, Host of Behind the Bastards ""Jason Pargin's curse is a brain that can make sense of what we're all living through. His gift is an ability to take the key elements -- paranoia, screen addiction, deep loneliness, fear of the end times -- and hocus-pocus them into a comic thriller. Illuminatus! for an even weirder time, and with much cooler cars."" -- David Weigel, national political reporter, Semafor ""Jason Pargin has a unique grasp on all the ways our relationship with information technology has warped our brains and our society as a whole. This latest work is a fun, socially relevant, and propulsive work of satire. Well, mostly satire: The way its characters fabricate dangerous narratives out of whatever information they can access is terrifyingly true to life. I felt personally called out a dozen times and I loved every page of it."" -- Matthew Kitchen, Editor, Chron

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JASON PARGIN is the New York Times bestselling author of the John Dies at the End series as well as the award-winning Zoey Ashe novels. He previously published under the pseudonym David Wong. His essays at Cracked.com and other outlets have been enjoyed by tens of millions of readers around the world.

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