From Robert Mailer Anderson, the bestseller author of Boonville. The last patrons of Cafe Dante gather for their morning coffee during what may be the final days of civilization. Apocalyptic events disrupt the routine of their lives and they are forced to take responsibility for a darkly comic reckoning which questions their faith in God, love, culture, family, humanity and each other. It’s Beckett meets Mamet meets O’Neil over a double jolt of expresso!
PRAISE FOR ROBERT MAILER ANDERSON
"Energetic, abrasive, very funny... Boonville delivers. - New York Times Book Review
“Witty and insightful . . . an original word-of-mouth success.” - Publishers Weekly
“A great first novel...(Anderson) has a language and style all his own...bracingly fresh...uproarious."- San Francisco Chronicle on Boonville
"...the funniest (debut novel) since Philip Roth's Goodbye, Columbus . . . .Anderson may be the WASP Lenny Bruce."- Anderson Valley Advertiser
"A very sick man – and a very funny writer!"- Carl Hiaasen
"A sardonic and beautifully imagined first novel...."- SF Weekly
“Milk-through-the-nose funny...Pynchon fans will immediately notice similarities not only with “Vineland,”which takes place in a similar setting and deals with similar themes as “Boonville" but also with “The Crying of Lot 49."- Salon.comRobert Mailer Anderson was born in San Francisco, and is a 7th generation native “Californio.” He is the author of the best-selling novel “Boonville,” co-writer/producer of the film “PIG HUNT,” and a contributor to The Anderson Valley Advertiser since the age of fifteen. His writing has appeared in San Francisco Noir, Zyzzyva, Christopher Street, Encore, San Francisco Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Argonaut, and Ishmael Reed’s Konch, among other publications.
Robert Mailer Anderson was born in San Francisco and is a 7th generation native "Californio." He is the author of the best-selling novel "Boonville," co-writer/producer of the film "PIG HUNT," and a contributor to The Anderson Valley Advertiser since the age of fifteen. His writing has appeared in San Francisco Noir, Zyzzyva, Christopher Street, Encore, San Francisco Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Argonaut, and Ishmael Reed's Konch, among other publications. Aside from a strange rash of other seemingly dissimilar occupations, endeavors and accolades, Anderson was a barista at North Beach's historic Caffe Trieste, an SFJAZZ board trustee, a member of President Obama's 2012 National Finance Committee, the 2013 Selkirk Colonial Society Standard Bearer, and a recipient of the 2016 San Francisco Arts Medallion.
Los Angeles artist Sandow Birk is a well-traveled graduate of the Otis/Parson's Art Institute. Frequently developed as expansive, multi-media projects, his works have dealt with contemporary life in its entirety. With an emphasis on social issues, frequent themes of his past work have included inner city violence, graffiti, political issues, travel, war, and prisons, as well as surfing and skateboarding. He was a recipient of an NEA International Travel Grant in 1995, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996, and a Fulbright Fellowship in 1997. In 1999 he was awarded a Getty Fellowship for painting, followed by a City of Los Angeles (COLA) Fellowship in 2001. In 2007 he was an artist in residence at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, and at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2008. His most recent project involves a consideration of the Qur'an as relevant to contemporary life in America.
