The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah
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Named for a psychological condition that often afflicts visitors to the Middle East, The Jerusalem Syndrome provides a vivid and comedic sense of what it's like to believe you're a conduit for the voice of God. In this case, the affliction belongs to standup comic Marc Maron, whose brief, engrossing memoir recounts a lifelong parade of revelation and delusion. In New Jersey, in New Mexico, and in Israel (among many other places), Maron has found God in encounters with Beat poetry, cocaine, the Coca-Cola logo, and conspiracy theories. Brief chapters sketch Maron's picaresque adventures, all narrated in a
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Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
Release date: 9 October 2001
ISBN-10 : 0767908104 | ISBN-13: 9780767908108
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Release date: 9 October 2001
ISBN-10 : 0767908104 | ISBN-13: 9780767908108