The Book of Harold: The Illegitimate Son of God

by Owen Egerton

Book Overview

The Book of Harold is as profound and deeply respectful a novel as it is irreverent in its wild, often hilarious take on a modern messianic movement in suburbia. The titular and sometimes exasperating hero of this masterful satire is Harold Peeks, a middle-aged suburbanite living a lonely if typical modern life in the outskirts of Houston, Texas. His world feels bland and pointless until one evening at a mundane office party he announces to his stunned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593764383
• ISBN13: 9781593764388
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Catapult
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"