Book description
'Adam Levin's book is the real thing, I think. It appeals to the young
readers who like formal invention and ambition... But there's also real
substance there.' Dave Eggers This is the story of Gurion Maccabee, age
ten: a lover, a fighter, a scholar, and a truly spectacular talker.
Gurion has been expelled from three Jewish day-schools for acts of
violence and messianic tendencies. He ends up in the Cage, a special
lockdown program for the most hopeless cases at Aptakisic Junior High.
But in just four days, from the moment he meets the beautiful Eliza June
Watermark to the terrifying Events of November 17, Gurion's search for
righteousness sparks a violent, unstoppable rebellion. Driven equally by
moral fervour and teenage exuberance, The Instructions is hilarious,
troubling, empathetic, monumental, breakneck, romantic and
unforgettable. 'Evocative of David Foster Wallace... full of
death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations and simple
human warmth.' Rolling Stone 'This is a life-consuming novel, one that
demands to be read feverishly. When it is over, other fiction feels
insufficient, the newspaper seems irrelevant...' New York Observer
'A hysterical, heartfelt journey of self-discovery... A book that
moves beyond completely transparent influences to reach its own
distinct, new, great height.' Village Voice 'Manic, articulate, full of
passions, courageous in its form and very funny.' George Saunders
