{"product_id":"castle-faggot-derek-mccormack-paperback","title":"Castle Faggot -- Derek McCormack, Paperback","description":"\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\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 d cor. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek McCormack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Semiotext(e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635901375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Derek McCormack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45710235795684,"sku":"9781635901375","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781635901375.jpg?v=1778237644","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/castle-faggot-derek-mccormack-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}