The Lives and Death of Alexander McDougal
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615950302 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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The plot of the author's latest novel hews to the conventions of pulp fiction, with tough-guy dialogue; bruising, exquisitely detailed fights; world-weary men beaten down by fate; and world-weary women worn down by loving them." - Kirkus Reviews. "If it's possible to create a genre called 'pulp philosophy,' Montag (The Dichotomy, 2015, etc.) has done it
Lon K. His odyssey so far has taken him across the Atlantic and back again and from one end of his country to the other: from Upstate New York to San Francisco, and many places in between. . Montag holds an AB in Philosophy & Religion and a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy. Montag grew up in the desolate deserts of the American Southwest
Alec learns for the first time the great secret his father uncovered—magic—and the terrible secrets behind his father’s discovery: McDougal the elder had come face to face with an evil he couldn’t understand and which he didn’t know how to fight; and so he did questionable things, dark things, in the name of good. Alec’s story unfolds as he delves deeper into his father’s history until that inevitable fateful moment when Alec is put to the same test his father faced so many years ago. Lon K. Alec is going to find that the only way for
Intelligently written but somewhat confusing at times Okay"chaos"got it.This was an oddly intriguing book and occasionally depressing. Philosophical musings varied in their level of opaqueness and would probably not suit every reader's taste.I experienced some confusion regarding timeline and outcome since the