About the Author
Michael Bible is the author of the chapbooks Gorilla Math and My Second Best Bear Rug. His work can be seen in FlatmanCrooked, Artifice, Oxford American, and he was winner of the ESPN: the Magazine/Stymie fiction prize. Bible formerly worked at Square Books before moving to Los Angeles.
Description
"You'll smile with joy turning every page." -Barry Hannah
Reverend Maloney isn t the world's greatest spiritual advisor. He drinks gin out of his coffee cup and has sex dreams about the Holy Ghost. His best friend Eli isn t perfect either, but he's a chess genius, so Maloney sees an opportunity in traveling around the country so Eli can win major chess tournament after chess tournament (while Maloney pockets Eli's winnings).
Chased by a blind headhunter named Jack Cataract, the Reverend, his girlfriend, and Eli race across North America and around New York City, from Washington Square Park to a jetski ride to the great green gown of Lady Liberty.
In this uproariously funny, unabashedly sexy, and highly-anticipated novel, Michael Bible delivers a devastating story about the American South, chess tournaments, and one debaucherous reverend's struggle with spirituality. In the spirit of Nicholson Baker and Barry Hannah, "Sophia" is an adventure with a raunchy and obviously flawed cast of characters, written with enormous heart.
