Purple America the alchemy wars assembling evidence from every conceivable

assembling evidence from every conceivable arena of culture as well as interviews with experts and loners worldwide and her own acutely calibrated analysis

From racist donut shops to strangers putting their whole hand in her hair

is peppered with pop-culture studies of famous artists and illustrates each type with entertaining examples from legendary figures

and a fortune in counterfeit bills

musicians— are gathered to create a multi-voiced snapshot of the year in music writing that

Purple America the alchemy wars assembling evidence from every conceivableOn the occasion of the paperback release of Demonology, Back Bay Books takes pleasure in making all four of Rick Moody's acclaimed earlier works of fiction available in handsome new paperback editions.