{"product_id":"masks-of-the-illuminati-paperback-by-robert-anton-wilson","title":"Masks of the Illuminati Paperback by Robert Anton Wilson","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\u003eDell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1990-05-05)\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\u003e368\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780440503064\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e371.38\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.76 x 15.24 x 2.06\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis American underground classic is a \u003cb\u003erollicking cosmic mystery \u003c\/b\u003efeaturing Albert Einstein and James Joyce as the ultimate space\/time detectives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One fateful evening in a suitably dark, beer-soaked Swiss rathskeller, a wild and obscure Irishman named James Joyce would become the drinking partner of an unknown physics professor called Albert Einstein. And on that same momentous night, Sir John Babcock, a terror-stricken young Englishman, would rush through the tavern door bringing a mystery that only the two most brilliant minds of the century could solve . . . or perhaps bringing only a figment of his imagination born of the paranoia of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An outrageous, raunchy ride through the twists and turns of mind and space, \u003ci\u003eMasks of the Illuminati\u003c\/i\u003e runs amok with all our fondest conspiracy theories to show us the truth behind the laughter . . . and the laughter in the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMasks of the Illuminati\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I was astonished and delighted . . . Robert Anton Wilson managed to reverse every mental polarity in me, as if I had been pulled through infinity.”\u003cb\u003e—Philip K. Dick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Wilson is] erudite, witty, and genuinely scary.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A dazzling barker hawking tickets to the most thrilling tilt-a-whirls and daring loop-o-planes on the midway to a higher consciousness.”\u003cb\u003e—Tom Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Wilson is one of the most profound, important, scientific philosophers of this century—scholarly, witty, hip, and hopeful.”\u003cb\u003e—Timothy Leary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Anton Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (1932–2007) was the author of some thirty-five books including \u003ci\u003eCosmic Trigger, Prometheus Rising,\u003c\/i\u003e and the Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy, and the co-author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy. He was a futurist, author, lecturer, stand-up comic, guerrilla ontologist, psychedelic magician, outer head of the Illuminati, quantum psychologist, Taoist sage, Discordian Pope, Struthian politician . . . maybe. He described his work as an \"attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with different perspectives recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553636110497,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780440503064","price":26.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780440503064.jpg?v=1781737392","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/masks-of-the-illuminati-paperback-by-robert-anton-wilson","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}