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A Philosophy of Ruin - by Nicholas Mancusi (Paperback)

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  • Oscar Boatwright, a disenchanted philosophy professor, receives terrible news.
  • Author(s): Nicholas Mancusi
  • 256 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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Oscar Boatwright, a disenchanted philosophy professor, receives terrible news. His mother, on her way home from Hawaii with Oscar's father, has died midflight, her body cooling for hours until the plane can land.

Deeply grieving, Oscar feels his life slipping out of his control. A one-night stand with a woman named Dawn becomes volatile when, on the first day of classes, he realizes she is his student, and later learns that she is a fledgling campus drug lord. Worse, his family is in debt, having lost their modest savings to a self-help guru who had indoctrinated Oscar's mother. Desperate to help his family, Oscar agrees to help Dawn with a drug run.

A Philosophy of Ruin rumbles with brooding nihilism, then it cracks like a whip, hurtling Oscar and Dawn toward a terrifying threat on the road. Taut, ferocious and blazingly intelligent, A Philosophy of Ruin is a heart-pounding thrill ride into the darkest corners of human geography, and a philosophical reckoning with the forces that determine our destiny.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Nicholas Mancusi
Language: English
Street Date: July 7, 2020
TCIN: 91878042
UPC: 9781335926319
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-8686
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.45 pounds
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