Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been?. This item is unavailable.Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been?

It has been said of Andrew Farkas’ stories that they “eff the ineffable.” In Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been?, Farkas continues effing away by plumbing the depths of identity, questioning how we define the self, and yanking the rug out from under our comfort zones. Whether through an existentially terrifying brochure for a paradise island vacation, an insurance salesman who refuses to believe he’s actually Napoleon, a dead man who finds death superior to life, or an overcrowded bar that possibly signifies the end of the world, Farkas investigates in these stories that elusive idea of who we think we are. Follow a detective seeking someone confoundingly indescribable, a salvager befriending sentient warehouses, a motorist proving that you should never ask for directions, and the first person (or maybe three) to circumnavigate the globe in Farkas’ whirlwind of witticisms, bewildering entropy, and stifling indecision. Yeah, sure, the Oracle of Delphi may’ve said, “Know Thyself.” But in Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been?, Farkas counters with: “Nice maxim. Now how’s about you show us how.”