Originally published in 1969 and now back in print after over a decade, Robert Coover \'s first novel instantly established his mastery. -- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland). [and] says what it has to say with rudeness, vigor, poetry and a headlong narrative momentum. . . -- Sol Yurick; [ The Origin of the Brunists ] delivers the goods . -- The New York Times Book Review
A breathtaking masterpiece on any level you approach it. heir to Dreiser or Lewis. a splendid talent ...
A novel of intensity and conviction ...
The Origin of the Brunists is vintage Coover -- comic, fearless, incisive, and brilliantly executed.
As its members gather on the Mount of Redemption to await the apocalypse, Robert Coover lays bare the madness of religious frenzy and the sometimes greater madness of normal citizens.
Exposed by the town newspaper editor, the cult gains international notoriety and its ranks swell.
The only survivor, a lapsed Catholic given to mysterious visions, is adopted as a doomsday prophet by a group of small-town mystics.
A coal-mine explosion in a small mid-American town claims ninety-seven lives.
Originally published in 1969 and now back in print after over a decade, Robert Coover \'s first novel instantly established his mastery
