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The Devil and Daniel Silverman - by Theodore Roszak (Paperback)

The Devil and Daniel Silverman - by  Theodore Roszak (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The author of the cult-status novel, "Flicker, " brings readers a hilarious exploration of politics and ideas in which the battle for the moral heart of America is waged between a college full of scripture-spouting fundamentalists and one Jewish homosexual writer.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Danny Silverman's first novel reached #10 on the New York Times best-seller list, but that was 20 years ago. Now middle-aged, he and his partner, Martin, an African-American actor, are getting by on the residuals from Martin's cancelled TV cop series when Danny gets an offer he can't refuse: a speaking gig in a Minnesota bible college that will net him a small fortune. Why me? Silverman wonders, but he'll take the money and run. What can happen? Only a record-breaking snowstorm that traps him under the same roof as the evangelical Christian faculty who see this Jewish homosexual writer from San Francisco as the incarnation of the anti-Christ. Forced to defend all he believes in--sexual equality, human rights, same-sex marriage; dancing! vodka! coffee!--Silverman finds himself on the front lines of the culture wars dividing the nation today.</p><p>Best known as a social historian, Theodore Roszak is also the author of cult-status novels such as <i>Flicker</i>, a Hollywood horror satire, <i>and The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein</i>, a sensual retelling of the gothic classic. Now Roszak brings us a hilarious novel of politics and ideas in which the battle for the moral heart of America is waged between a college full of scripture-spouting fundamentalists and one gay humanist who thinks they're full of crap.</p><p><b>Theodore Roszak </b>lives in Berkeley, where he is a professor of history at California State University, Hayward. The author of 18 books, including the international bestseller <i>The Making of a Counter Culture</i>, he has twice been nominated for the National Book Award. His articles have appeared <i>in The New York Times, The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly</i>, and <i>Harper's</i>. <i>The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein </i>(Random House) received The James Tiptree Award for literature that expands our understanding of gender.</p>

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