Masters of Atlantis - Softcover

Portis, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585670219 ISBN 13: 9781585670215

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2000

Synopsis

Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors. It's the Codex Pappus - the sacred Gnomon text. Soon he is basking in the lore of lost Atlantis, convinced that his mission on earth is to administer to and extend the ranks of the noble brotherhood.

About this title

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.

Review:

''This great work is not only a contender for funniest American novel ever written but is also a melancholy consideration of the life of a dreamer and the tribulations of his followers.'' --Washington Post

''No matter how extravagant the horseplay . . . a purpose infuses the craziness, a sense that the author is after something bigger than jokes. He is giving us a picture of Main Street made silly, of Babbittry gone goofy.'' --New York Times

''As much as I love Charles Portis' other books, I believe Masters of Atlantis takes off even higher into the comic empyrean.'' --Roy Blount, Jr.(American writer, speaker, reporter, and humorist)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1585670219
• ISBN 13: 9781585670215
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272