Blind Savior, False Prophet [Hardcover]

Joseph DeMarco (Author)

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Publication Date: August 12, 2008

Joe Kaye was an American poet, philosopher, schoolteacher, and author of 11 books. Born in New York City, Joe taught in New York, Hawaii, and Michigan. In Hawaii, he started writing and by the age of 25 he published his first manuscript. He later moved to Michigan and then to Wisconsin, where he developed a tumor which began to give him delusions. His delusions led him to construct a giant labyrinth on a tropical island. He also had an obsession with looking for a message he believed he had left for himself in a past life, in the form of a poem, song, or story. He went insane with paranoia and believed the karma police were coming to take him away. He also became obsessed with cheating death, practicing a religion called Voodoo Botany, believing it would make him a god. On a late night talk show, he made a prophecy about the extinction of the human race. He was sent to rest at Fennimore Place Institute. The maze was never finished. He died broke and penniless. What most books won't tell you about the life of Joe Kaye, The False Prophet of Fennimore Place, is that before he thought he might be the reincarnation of Mark Twain, and after he thought he was the reincarnation of Jim Morrison, he thought he might have been a very strange science fiction writer named Philip K. Dick. During the time Joe Kaye believed he might have been Philip K. Dick, he wrote a novel called Blind Savior, in which he not only attempted to blend all major religions (Hindu/Jewish/Buddhist/Christian/Muslim/Taoist) into one, but also attempted to say all major religions were started by the same person reincarnated again and again. He buried the story in an unknown location. The world was not ready.

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About the Author

Joseph DeMarco was born in New York City; he lived most of his life in Buffalo, NY. He now teaches seventh grade on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. He is the author of the novels Plague of the Invigilare, The 4 Hundred and 20 Assassins of Emir Abdullah-Harazins, and At Play in the Killing Fields. He is currently working on several new projects. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (August 12, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438903952
• ISBN-13: 978-1438903958
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,860,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Imagine that the reincarnation of John Lennon got together with Jesus and Buddha, December 3, 2008

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This review is from: Blind Savior, False Prophet (Paperback)

The False Prophet of Fennimore Place is back, taking on the oneness of religion in this obscure, but loveable book. The story starts off after the death of The False Prophet, when a drugged out ex-student of his is attempting to find a lost manuscript she believes he buried on an island in the Caribbean. Siann (which is the name of the drugged out ex-student) is in the middle of a ice (crystal methamphetamine) bender. She has stolen a car and is heading toward Florida. She has pieced together this belief about a lost manuscript from a series of dreams she has had and a faded green notebook that she stole from Joe Kaye (The False Prophet of Fennimore Place) back when she was in seventh grade.

The second story is presented as the manuscript Siann finds which is entitled Blind Savior. The manuscript Blind Savior is about a schizophrenic homeless man named Felix King who believes himself to be the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln, Krishna, Jesus, Lao Tzu, Buddha, and Mohammed. Most of Felix's beliefs about reincarnation stem from a series of religious recurring dreams that he has had.

Felix has NO FATHER, and his mother has died. Felix is apprehensive to tell anyone about his dreams, but finally confides in two of his friends in high school. Needless to say, no one believes him. He is abandon by friends and family, spends some time in institutions and is finally spit out by society. When Felix has his last dream, he believes he is Abraham staring at the smoking crater that was once Sodom and Gomorrah.

Now with the help of a strange writer named Rysby Lenin (who claims to be the reincarnation of John Lennon), Felix must try to solve the mystery of his religious recurring dreams.