{"product_id":"9780440503064","title":"Masks of the Illuminati: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWilson, Robert A.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDell\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/5\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\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","brand":"Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216942362879,"sku":"9780440503064","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780440503064_s600x595.jpg?v=1775587554","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780440503064","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}