| Classic Iconoclast 2005-07-31, 8:53 am |
| "You got anything on you I need to know about? Knives? Guns? Bombs?
Snack chips?" - Sgt. Belcher
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DECLARES WAR ON JUNK FOOD!
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RIOTOUS COMEDY PUTS THE "UGH" BACK INTO "DONUT," LAMPOONS PROHIBITION,
FOOD CRAVINGS, AND MISGUIDED CRUSADES
Christopher Largen's Iconoclastic Novel JUNK Latest Release From
Boutique Fiction House ENC Press
NEW YORK-TEXAS - Court mandates liposuction. Cops are busted for
selling doughnuts. Protesters demand ban on Charlie & the Chocolate
Factory. U.S. military forces eradicate Africa's cocoa fields.
Welcome to the dystopian satire JUNK, where the lives of an undercover
police officer, an inner-city food-abuse counselor, and a black-market
baker collide with devastating consequences.
A hilarious and tragic exploration of moralistic prohibition policies,
Junk transcends the false dichotomies posed by conservative and liberal
ideologies, and raises more questions than it answers: What are the
public effects of private health choices? When legislators respond to
epidemics with criminal sanctions, do they exacerbate the health
crisis? Do mafia kingpins support the prohibition of their products?
Can public safety and personal responsibility ever become reconciled
through government policies?
Preliminary reviews are calling the novel a classic, comparing it to
Mark Twain, Will Rogers, George Orwell, and Kurt Vonnegut. JUNK's
author, Christopher Largen, is a leading proponent of drug-policy
reform. His credits include Prescription Pot (a nonfiction exploration
of the U.S. government's medical cannabis program), and articles in
various publications, including the Village Voice, High Times,
Nashville Scene, Ft. Worth Weekly, and Cannabis Culture. He is a
frequent guest speaker at colleges and festivals across America.
Mr. Largen discovered that writing about cannabis gave him a severe
case of the munchies, and JUNK flowed forth like cream soda. In the
gluttonous tradition of Supersize Me, he method-wrote JUNK during a
three-month food binge, hoping to augment his prose with a sugar rush.
He gained 25 pounds and inspired inquiries from concerned clerks at his
local convenience store, where he loaded up on ice cream, hot dogs, and
candy bars. Since finishing the novel, Mr. Largen claims to have
reformed his dietary habits, but federal authorities have not yet
completed their investigation.
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