THE INSTRUCTIONS

An award-winning short fiction writer, Levin's first novel, is, ironically, roughly a thousand pages long. Ostensibly, this is the story of Gurion ben-Judah Maccabee, ten-year-old lover, scholar, rebel and potential messiah. Expelled from multiple Chicago Jewish day-schools, Gurion ends up in the Cage, a special lockdown program for hopeless cases at Aptakisic Junior High, where, over a four-day period, he foments a revolution of troubling intensity. This is a book far beyond an ordinary coming-of-age story; it is packed with dark humor, with political, religious, social and moral commentary that combines elements of Philip Roth and David Foster Wallace. It is definitely an unforgettable reading experience. Issued without dustjacket, with removable sticker on back cover subbing for info usuallly on dj flaps. Light blue boards decorated with black and gold line drawings and gold lettering. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered, perhaps a touch of shelf wear. A collectable copy of the first major work by a very promising author. [Sorry, given the book's size and weight, we cannot accept priority orders or orders outside the continental U.S. without adding additional postage.].