num_pages: 635
description: In the jungles of South America, on the ice fields of Alaska, the plains of the Midwest, and the streets of San Francisco, a fearsome battle rages. The insects are vying for world domination; the inventors of electricity stand in evil opposition. Bug , a young man, rebels against his own kind and joins forces with the insects. Wayne, a thug, allies himself with the malevolent forces of electricity and vows to assassinate the preying mantis who tends bar in Oregon. A brusque La Pasionara with the sprightly name of Millie leads an intrepid band of revolutionaries. You Bright and Risen Angels is the work of an extraordinary imagination. In this free-wheeling novel of epic proportions, William T. Vollmann has crafted a biting, hilarious satire of history, technology, politics, and misguided love.
language: English
title: You Bright and Risen Angels
titlecomplete: You Bright and Risen Angels (Contemporary American Fiction)
characters: Bug
genres: 20th Century, American, Politics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, Fantasy, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 1006
publisher: Penguin Books