KALKI

Vidal, Gore

ISBN 10: 0394420535 / ISBN 13: 9780394420530

Published by Random House, New York, 1978

About this Item

Vidal's sixteenth novel is set a few years in the future when a man claiming to be the Hindu god Kalki appears in Katmandu. According to Hindu mythology, Kalki's appearance signals the destruction of all mankind except for a few Kalki followers, who will begin a new race of man. Soon Kalki's followers are preaching mankind's imminent destruction in all the world's cities. But all may not be what it seems. This Kalki turns out to be an American, an ex-GI from New Orleans named Kelly, a gifted chemist and an expert on chemical and biological warfare, who may be using religion to hide an international drug ring. Then again, the drug ring may be a front for Kelly/Kalki's plot to destroy the world. Previous owner's inscription in the upper corner of the front paste down, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket is price-clipped, o/w a bit of rubbing but no other significant flaws.

Seller Inventory # 004310

Bibliographic Details

• Title: KALKI
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394420535
• ISBN 13: 9780394420530
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Literature
  • Modern Novel

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Synopsis

Teddy Ottinger, journalist and the world's foremost woman pilot, journey's to Katmandu to investigate the claims of an ex-G.I. named Kelly who has presented himself as the Hindu god Kalki and announced the destruction of mankind

From the Inside Flap

, and why is he planning to destroy the world -- and everything in it? And if Kalki is a mystical legend, then why does his ultimate world include only a select few chosen to breed a new human race?