God of Dung, by A.A. Jordan
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God of Dung, by A.A. Jordan
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Clarence is a retired architect looking to check himself into a senior’s home, but after one too many beers he wakes up one morning in a home for retired Gods – millions of them. From every age and every faith, these disagreeable deities are crammed into a temple that has long since exceeded its maximum capacity, and they’re praying for Clarence to give their small sanctuary an urgent upgrade before it reaches critical mass.
God of Dung, by A.A. Jordan - Amazon Sales Rank: #2602648 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-20
- Released on: 2015-10-20
- Format: Kindle eBook
God of Dung, by A.A. Jordan About the Author A.A. Jordan is one part writer and one part graphic designer. He writes novels with an anime tone, which only means that his creative process begins with visualizing anime-style characters (the kind without the whiny voices). He was born in Buffalo, NY, and lives abroad.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Lighthearted and humorous but very thought-provoking By Arf I really enjoyed this book! I haven't read anything like it, except maybe American Gods (this is waaaay more humorous and light-hearted, though they have a similar theme in that a "modern" god is ruining things) and Good Omens (the humor in that is more similar to this book).The characters were all lovable, and I found them slightly irritating at times, which is a good thing, because it means they're well-developed. Clarence was the perfect crotchety old man type with a heart of gold. I also thought it was great that the main character was elderly and black... Vastly different from the endless horde of teenage white kid protagonists and so refreshing. Also, while Jordan does use a few well-known gods in the story, like Shiva and Anubis, the majority of gods who are prominent characters are ones I've never even heard of before. It was wonderful that the book brought these lesser-known gods to life.There are a lot of fascinating ideas presented in the book about religion, politics, society, etc. Even though I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about religion, I learned quite a bit and picked up some ideas I want to follow up on. Even though the tone is very light-hearted and humorous, the ideas Jordan delivers are vast in their scope. You'll definitely find this book thought-provoking.The writing is excellent; Jordan is obviously talented at not only using stylish prose but also at constructing a plot. The ending, where Clarence carried out his second quest, was a little rushed and I would have liked to see more of that part, but overall, the book was paced well. I could vividly visualize all the happenings in the book and can easily imagine it being a movie or animated TV show. There were also a lot of little passages and nice turns of phrase that I found very quotable.Overall, I highly recommend this book! I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Gods Are Retired - Not Dead! By Roger Potthoff Book Review: God of Dung, by A.A.JordanReviewer: Roger PotthoffDecember 14, 2015This book, “God of Dung”, by A.A.Jordan, resonates on many levels. It’s a great read! It is artfully written; it’s intelligent; it’s insightful; it’s both respectful of myth and humorously irreverent in comment on contemporary society.Without pretension or any obvious intent to imitate, Mr. Jordan has conceived a very original tale and spun it in way that brings to mind the following tract of critical praise that was very deservedly bestowed upon writer Tom Robbins years ago by his editor Alan Rinzler. That same praise is, I believe, very applicable to A.A.Jordan for “God of Dung”: “His funny, surprising and masterful prose is lyrical and rhythmic, with a kind of musical style that disguises the underlying irony and serious intentions.”As the story begins A.A.Jordan introduces us to Clarence, a recently retired architect who, prompted by the uncertainties of his new fixed income life, and the thin walls of his apartment, is made intent on checking himself into “The Golden Age Retirement Home (Bliss Amidst Beautiful Surroundings)”. What he soon enough discovers is that he has unwittingly and literally stumbled onto the premises and into the retirement home for retired gods. The resident population of such gods has over the millennia grown to 33 million(!) - not counting Jewah and Allah who were recently expelled for their constant bickering with each other and every other resident deity. Anyway, this retirement home for the gods and it’s polytheistic temple both need a lot of work, and upon learning that Clarence is himself retired and an architect(!), the gods make Clarence an offer he dares not to refuse.So that is the situation, and as the story and circumstances unfold Clarence ponders who he is really? How crazy is he as all that he attempts to do in completing his god-given tasks are impacted by the eccentricities of these capricious, vainglorious and disagreeable gods.Clarence’s relationship with these gods and the events that befall them are sometimes slapstick, always very hip (there is even a God of Music who espouses wisdom via lyrical quotes from hip hop groups such as XCLAN, and rockers David Bowie, Bob Marley and diva Joni Mitchell). Gods yes, but there is little or no sign of Puritanical influences on the premises this retirement home. The dialogue is certainly entertaining and always moving in the direction of being informative and poignant. Mr. Jordan hints knowingly at the maze of intricacies in the myths of polytheism and how with hope, prayer and an occasional sacrifice or two it all might be as plausible as any other divine construct . Certainly Mr. Jordan shows us anew that it has considerable entertainment value. Whatsmore the availability of multiple choices for divine interventions may be particularly attractive these days.The result here is great fiction, borne of myth, legend, social anthropology and A.A.Jordan’s mind - a very intelligent and hip mind! So go ahead read this book(!) and smile more knowingly at this crazy world we share with the gods - retired but not dead.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. because I feel like the meaning was supposed to be greater than what ... By ShowThisBookSomeLove From the beginning he snagged my attention with the opening scene where Clarence, our dear main character, almost steps in a pile of dog s***, which unbeknownst to him is actually “God” s***, from the God of Dung.Clarence, any elderly man looking for a retirement home, stumbles in the retirement home of the gods. As a retired architect, he agrees to take on the project of reconstructing their retirement home so it’s big enough to fit everyone, as the last one long exceeded capacity. From there the story rambles a bit. As this is a philosophical tale, along the way there are philosophical pitstops, such as “People spend too much time conquering their Gods and not enough time conquering their demons,” or, “Never had he been so thankful to feel the arthritis in his limbs. This meant he was still alive.” Clarence also goes on a quest with the gods to save the earth from destruction. I’m not really sure what this book was trying to accomplish, because I feel like the meaning was supposed to be greater than what I got out of it, but the journey was pleasant and playful. This story was full of clichés, proverbs, sayings, and axioms, and I found myself chuckling periodically throughout the story.Because I’m not overly fond of reading poetry (and by that I mean I hate the slowness with which I always find myself reading poetry), I have to say the constant barrage of song, whether real or made up verses, was not pleasing. I could have done just as well without most of those, although there were moments when these inserts were appropriate. I also found the acronymed use of curse words to be particularly grating in the writing. I once heard that saying only the intention of a curse word is cowardly/disrespectful because then it leaves the actual saying of the curse word to the listener/reader.I appreciate the fact that we don’t often have elderly main characters, let alone elderly people of color, and authors tend to shy away from talking about more than one or two religions in a book, but Jordan breaches this with all caution thrown to the wind. He succeeds in creating a playful philosophical story.A. A. Jordan is also a graphic designer and designs his characters from an anime perspective. His other book is called The Gene Hackers.I received a copy of this book for an honest review from The Story Cartel.[...]
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