{"product_id":"castle-faggot-paperback-by-derek-mccormack-afterword-by-dennis-cooper-and-zac-farley","title":"Castle Faggot Paperback by Derek McCormack afterword by Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                        \n                            \n                                \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                \u003cul\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSemiotext(e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2020-11-24)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e144\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781635901375\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e130.41\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.94 x 5.38 x 0.33\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                \u003cbr\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark satire about an amusement park more deranged than anything Disney could imagine: a playland for gay men called Faggotland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastle Faggot\u003c\/i\u003e is Derek McCormack's darkest and most delicious book yet, a satire of sugary cereals and Saturday morning cartoons set in an amusement park more deranged than anything Disney dreamed up. At the heart of the park is Faggotland, a playland for gay men, and Castle Faggot, the darkest dark ride in the world. Home to a cartoon Dracula called Count Choc-o-log, the castle is decorated with the corpses of gays—some were killed, some killed themselves, all ended up as décor. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book includes a map of Faggotland, a photobook of the castle, the instructions for a castle-shaped dollhouse, and the novelization of a TV puppet show about Count Choc-o-log and his friends—reminiscent of the classic stop-motion special \u003ci\u003eRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\u003c\/i\u003e, but even gayer and more grotesque. As scatological as Sade but with a Hanna-Barbera vibe, \u003ci\u003eCastle Faggot\u003c\/i\u003e transmutes McCormack's love of the lurid and the childlike, of funhouses and sickhouses, into something furiously funny: as Edmund White says, “the mystery of objects, the lyricism of neglected lives, the menace and nostalgia of the past—these are all ingredients in this weird and beautiful parallel universe.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003eDerek McCormack is a writer who lives in Toronto. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Show that Smells\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Well-Dressed Wound\u003c\/i\u003e (Semiotext(e)).\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n                        \n                        \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43216928342177,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781635901375","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9781635901375.jpg?v=1694735431","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/castle-faggot-paperback-by-derek-mccormack-afterword-by-dennis-cooper-and-zac-farley","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}