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    Dogma: A Novel
    Exodus
    Spurious
    Ebook series3 titles

    The Spurious Trilogy Series

    By Lars Iyer

    3.5/5

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    About this series

    A wickedly funny and satisfyingly highbrow black comedy about the collapse of Western academic institutions under the weight of neoliberal economics and crushing, widespread idiocy.

    Lars and W., the two preposterous philosophical anti-heroes ofSpuriousandDogma-called "Uproarious" by theNew York Times Book Review-return and face a political, intellectual, and economic landscape in a state of total ruination.

    With philosophy professors being moved to badminton departments and gin in short supply-although not short enough-the two hapless intellectuals embark on a relentless mission. Well, several relentless missions. For one, they must help gear a guerilla philosophy movement-conducted outside the academy, perhaps under bridges-that will save the study of philosophy after the long, miserable decades of intellectual desert known as the early 21st-century.

    For another, they must save themselves, perhaps by learning to play badminton after all. Gin isn't free, you know.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMelville House
    Release dateJan 26, 2011
    Dogma: A Novel
    Exodus
    Spurious

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      Spurious
      Spurious

      Spurious

      Lars Iyer
      3/5 - 7 ratings
      3/5 - 7 ratings

      In a raucous debut that summons up Britain's fabled Goon Squad comedies, writer and philosopher Lars Iyer tells the story of someone very like himself with a "slightly more successful" friend and their journeys in search of more palatable literary conferences and better gin. One reason for their journeys: the narrator's home is slowly being taken over by a fungus that no one seems to know what to do about. Before it completely swallows his house, the narrator feels compelled to solve some major philosophical questions (such as "Why?") and the meaning of his urge to write, as well as the source of the fungus ... before it is too late. Or, he has to move.

      In a raucous debut that summons up Britain's fabled Goon Squad comedies, writer and philosopher Lars Iyer tells the story of someone very like himself with a "slightly more successful" friend and their journeys in search of more palatable literary conferences and better gin. One reason for their journeys: the narrator's home is slowly being taken over by a fungus that no one seems to know what to do about. Before it completely swallows his house, the narrator feels compelled to solve some major philosophical questions (such as "Why?") and the meaning of his urge to write, as well as the source of the fungus ... before it is too late. Or, he has to move.

    • 2

      Dogma: A Novel
      Dogma: A Novel

      Dogma: A Novel

      Lars Iyer
      4/5 - 2 ratings
      4/5 - 2 ratings

      A plague of rats, the end of philosophy, the cosmic chicken, and bars that don't serve Plymouth Gin-is this the Apocalypse or is it just America? "The apocalypse is imminent," thinks W. He has devoted his life to philosophy, but he is about to be cast out from his beloved university. His friend Lars is no help at all-he's too busy fighting an infestation of rats in his flat. A drunken lecture tour through the American South proves to be another colossal mistake. In desperation, the two British intellectuals turn to Dogma, a semi-religious code that might yet give meaning to their lives. Part Nietzsche, part Monty Python, part Huckleberry Finn, Dogma is a novel as ridiculous and profound as religion itself. The sequel to the acclaimed novel Spurious, Dogma is the second book in one of the most original literary trilogies since Molloy,Malone DiesandThe Unnamable.

      A plague of rats, the end of philosophy, the cosmic chicken, and bars that don't serve Plymouth Gin-is this the Apocalypse or is it just America? "The apocalypse is imminent," thinks W. He has devoted his life to philosophy, but he is about to be cast out from his beloved university. His friend Lars is no help at all-he's too busy fighting an infestation of rats in his flat. A drunken lecture tour through the American South proves to be another colossal mistake. In desperation, the two British intellectuals turn to Dogma, a semi-religious code that might yet give meaning to their lives. Part Nietzsche, part Monty Python, part Huckleberry Finn, Dogma is a novel as ridiculous and profound as religion itself. The sequel to the acclaimed novel Spurious, Dogma is the second book in one of the most original literary trilogies since Molloy,Malone DiesandThe Unnamable.

    • 3

      Exodus
      Exodus

      Exodus

      Lars Iyer
      4/5 - 1 rating
      4/5 - 1 rating

      A wickedly funny and satisfyingly highbrow black comedy about the collapse of Western academic institutions under the weight of neoliberal economics and crushing, widespread idiocy. Lars and W., the two preposterous philosophical anti-heroes ofSpuriousandDogma-called "Uproarious" by theNew York Times Book Review-return and face a political, intellectual, and economic landscape in a state of total ruination. With philosophy professors being moved to badminton departments and gin in short supply-although not short enough-the two hapless intellectuals embark on a relentless mission. Well, several relentless missions. For one, they must help gear a guerilla philosophy movement-conducted outside the academy, perhaps under bridges-that will save the study of philosophy after the long, miserable decades of intellectual desert known as the early 21st-century. For another, they must save themselves, perhaps by learning to play badminton after all. Gin isn't free, you know.

      A wickedly funny and satisfyingly highbrow black comedy about the collapse of Western academic institutions under the weight of neoliberal economics and crushing, widespread idiocy. Lars and W., the two preposterous philosophical anti-heroes ofSpuriousandDogma-called "Uproarious" by theNew York Times Book Review-return and face a political, intellectual, and economic landscape in a state of total ruination. With philosophy professors being moved to badminton departments and gin in short supply-although not short enough-the two hapless intellectuals embark on a relentless mission. Well, several relentless missions. For one, they must help gear a guerilla philosophy movement-conducted outside the academy, perhaps under bridges-that will save the study of philosophy after the long, miserable decades of intellectual desert known as the early 21st-century. For another, they must save themselves, perhaps by learning to play badminton after all. Gin isn't free, you know.

    Author

    Lars Iyer

    Lars Iyer is a lecturer in English at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. He is the author of Spurious, Dogma, and Exodus for which he was nominated for the Goldsmiths Prize. He is a regular contributor to ReadySteadyBook and also blogs at spurious.typepad.com.

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