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The federal government hastily retrofits an abandoned military installation in the Nevada desert, vast in size. Despite the government’s best intentions, as the military pulls out of “Rescue City,” the residents are increasingly left to their own devices, and tribal warfare fuses with democracy, forming a frightening evolution of the two-party system: the gangocracy. Years after the Manhattan cleanup was supposed to have been finished, Uli travels through this bizarre new New York City, where he is forced to reckon with his past, while desperately trying to get out alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Five Books of (Robert) Moses\u003c\/i\u003e alternates between the outrageous present of Rescue City and earlier in the twentieth century, detailing the events leading up to the destruction of Manhattan. We simultaneously follow legendary urban planner Robert Moses through his early years and are introduced to his equally ambitious older brother Paul, a brilliant electrical engineer whose jealousy toward Robert and anger at the devastation caused by the man’s “urban renewal” projects lead to a dire outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur Nersesian’s most important work to date examines the political chaos of today’s world through the lens of the past. Fictional versions of real historical figures populate the pages, from major politicians and downtown drag queens to notorious revolutionaries and obscure poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eARTHUR NERSESIAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fourteen books, including the cult-classic national bestseller\u003ci\u003e The Fuck-Up \u003c\/i\u003e(more than 100,000 copies sold), \u003ci\u003eSuicide Casanova, Manhattan Loverboy, East Village Tetralogy,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMesopotamia\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a native New Yorker who runs a writing workshop in the East Village and can be reached on Facebook. 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