You Bright and Risen Angels -- William T. Vollmann

<b>The debut work of fiction from the National Book Award-winning author of Europe Central</b> <p/><i>You Bright and Risen Angels</i> is the work of an extraordinary imagination. In this free-wheeling novel of epic proportions, William T. Vollmann has crafted a biting, hilarious satire of history, technology, politics, and misguided love. In the jungles of South America, on the ice fields of Alaska, the plains of the Midwest, and the streets of San Francisco, a fearsome battle rages. The insects are vying for world domination; the inventors of electricity stand in evil opposition. Bug, a young man, rebels against his own kind and joins forces with the insects. Wayne, a thug, allies himself with the malevolent forces of electricity and vows to assassinate the preying mantis who tends bar in Oregon.<br><br><b>Author:</b> William T. Vollmann<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 12/01/1988<br><b>Pages:</b> 656<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.15lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780140110876<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 10/07/1988<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>William T. Vollmann is the author of ten novels, including <i>Europe Central</i>, which won the National Book Award. He has also written four collections of stories, including <i>The</i> <i>Atlas</i>, which won the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, a memoir, and six works of nonfic