Masters of Atlantis - Softcover

Portis, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070505039 ISBN 13: 9780070505032

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1989

Synopsis

Lamar Jimmerson, a veteran of World War I, decides to set up his own Gnomonic temple in Gary, Indiana, after receiving Gnomic teachings from a mysterious beggar

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About the Author

Charles Portis lives in Arkansas, where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, was the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune, and was a writer for The New Yorker.

From Library Journal

Conmen, crazies, and the super-credu lous rush madly about in Portis's newest novel, which concerns the es tablishment of the order of Gnomons, a secret society purporting to teach the hidden knowledge of Atlantis. The ac tion begins in 1917, when soldier Lamar is relieved of $200 by a fast-talking stranger in exchange for the key to Gnomonism. The plot spins dizzily along as sly Sydney Hen and antic Aus tin Popper are drawn into the society, engineer a farcical schism, and espouse assorted crackpot causes. In perhaps the book's funniest episode, Popper teams up with a Roumanian alchemist to refine gold from the leaves of the noxious bag plant. Those who enjoy deadpan comedy should get a good laugh here, but others may find it hard to care about what happens to Portis' madcap misfits. Suggested for large fic tion collections. Beth Ann Mills, New Rochelle P.L., N.Y.
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Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0070505039
• ISBN 13: 9780070505032
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264