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02592aam a22003498i 4500 001 B34BD2E2672111E9A331792097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190425011644 008 180928s2019 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018044984 020 $a 0307271145 020 $a 9780307271143 035 $a (OCoLC)1046068020 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d FEM $d OCLCO $d UAP $d YDX $d IDLEW $d OCLCO $d TNH $d OCLCO $d WYG $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3606.U78 $b R48 2019 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Furst, Joshua, $d 1971- $e author. 245 10 $a Revolutionaries / $c Joshua Furst. 250 $a First Edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2019. 300 $a 333 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a In his second novel, the acclaimed author of The Sabotage CafeÌ leads us on a long, strange trip through the heart of the sixties and beyond, as seen through the eyes of the revolution's poster child. Fred is the sole offspring of Lenny Snyder, the famous (or notorious) pied piper of the counterculture, and in middle age he hates being reminded of it. But neither can he ignore any longer his psychedelically bizarre childhood. From infancy, for instance, when his parents named him Freedom, he was held up as a model for the new consciousness, not only by family and friends but also by everyone in the burgeoning movement led by his father, who happily exploited having his wife and his toddling, then walking and talking, and finally observant son in tow. Thanks to Fred, this charismatic, brilliant, volatile ringmaster is as captivating in these pages as he was to his devoted disciples back then. We watch Lenny organize hippies and intellectuals, stage magnificent stunts, and gradually lose his magnetic confidence and leading role as the sixties start slipping away. He demands loyalty but gives none back in return, a man who preaches love but treats his own intimates with almost reflexive cruelty. And Fred remembers all of it--the chaos, the spite, the affection. A kaleidoscopic saga, this novel is at once a profound allegory for America--where we've been and where we're going--and a deeply personal and profound portrait of a father and son who define our times. 650 0 $a Nineteen sixties $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Counterculture $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fathers and sons $v Fiction. 941 $a 3 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20200114014300.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217030508.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190425021847.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B34BD2E2672111E9A331792097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search