num_pages: 427
description: An epic literary thriller set where America is right now in which a band of unlikely heroes sets out on a quest to save one innocent lifeand might end up saving us all.Something is happening to teenagers across America spreading through memes only they can parse.At the Float Anxiety Abatement Center in a suburb of Chicago Simon Oliver is trying to recover from his sisters tragic passing. He breaks out to join a woman named Louise and a man called The Prophet on a quest as urgent as it is enigmatic. Who lies at the end of the road? A man known as The Wizard whose past encounter with Louise sparked her own collapse. Their quest becomes a rescue mission when they join up with a man whose sister is being held captive by the Wizard impregnated and imprisoned in a tower.Noah Hawleys new novel is an adventure that finds unquenchable lights in dark corners. Unforgettably vivid characters and a plot as fast and bright as pop cinema blend in a Vonnegutian story that is as timeless as a Grimms fairy tale. It is a leap into the idiosyncratic pulse of the American heart written with the bravado literary power and feverish foresight that have made Hawley one of our most essential writers.
language: English
title: Anthem
publisher: Grand Central Publishing