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001 2014021408
003 DLC
005 20150607074142.0
008 140716s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2014021408
020 $a9781250048264 (hardback)
020 $z9781466848917 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3553.A7646$bB38 2014
082 00 $a813/.54$223
084 $aFIC019000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCarroll, Jonathan,$d1949-
245 10 $aBathing the Lion /$cJonathan Carroll.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2014.
300 $a280 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In Jonathan Carroll's surreal masterpiece, Bathing the Lion, five people who live in the same New England town go to sleep one night and all share the same hyper-realistic dream. Some of these people know each other; some don't. When they wake the next day all of them know what has happened. All five were at one time "mechanics," a kind of cosmic repairman whose job is to keep order in the universe and clean up the messes made both by sentient beings and the utterly fearsome yet inevitable Chaos that periodically rolls through, wreaking mayhem wherever it touches down--a kind of infinitely powerful, merciless tornado. Because the job of a mechanic is grueling and exhausting, after a certain period all of them are retired and sent to different parts of the cosmos to live out their days as "civilians." Their memories are wiped clean and new identities are created for them that fit the places they go to live out their natural lives to the end. For the first time all retired mechanics are being brought back to duty: Chaos has a new plan, and it's not looking good for mankind.."--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aDreams$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aFantasy fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/264/9781250048264/image/lgcover.9781250048264.jpg