The Adventures Of Mr Marigold [Paperback]

Michael Charles Tobias  in this colossal comic novel of 625,000 words  has given us a masterpiece of insight about our lives and troubled times. Through his idealistic hero Murillo Marigold and his earthy sidekick Sannazaro, Tobias meditates on everything that matters: poetry, art, philosophy, alternative technologies, environmentalism, human wrongs, animal rights, sustainable living, and utopias future and past. And what style! Passage after passage of inspired prose, from a mind on fire that sees every moment and encounter as hilarious, holy, and unique. The heart of the book is the authors deeply personal sublime vision: the sacredness of all living beings, the reverence for life, the passionate commitment to social and environmental change. This enormous, challenging beatific vision that reminds us who we are  and points the way to what the new world could one day be  makes Mr Marigold a modern classic, at once entertaining, nourishing, revolutionary, and profoundly wise.