A bizarre, unforgettable search for a brilliant terrorist with an outrageous sense of humor. Ranging from Washington to Hollywood to La Paz, Bolivia, and Beirut, Lebanon, it is allegory, satiric collage and wicked black comedy. The most unhinged and politically incorrect novel of the last decade, it has something to offend or insult almost everyone. A disorienting rocket ride into the smoking rubble of American culture and politics. Fasten your seatbelts for The Empire of the Grotesque.