Prescription for a superior existence
Subtitle: a novel
By: Josh Emmons
Publisher: The Friday Project
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780007592883; 9780007592890
Subjects: Cults; Fiction; Brainwashing; Self-realization
Description: Jack Smith's life revolves around work, alcohol, painkillers, and pornography, and he sees no reason to change. But when he falls in love with the daughter of the leader of a new Californian religion, known as Prescription for a Superior Existence, his humdrum life is changed forever. Abducted and enrolled at one of PASE's spiritual training centres, his scepticism is challenged by a sense of community and purpose previously unknown to him. He discovers that he might not be average - he might even be extraordinary! But nothing is as it seems, and the question of whether he and those around him are headed toward transcendence or annihilation soon takes on global significance.
Notes: Originally published in the USA by Scribner, 2008.