Back in print, Charles Portis's brilliant "white comedy" -an unforgettable tale of secret societies, lost cities, and sacred texts.
Following last year's enthusiastically received reissue of Charles Portis's novels The Dog of the South and Norwood comes the republication of The Masters of Atlantis, the third in Overlook's reissues of the novels of this American master. This unforgettable novel centers on Lamar Jimmerson, a man in the front ranks of the modern-day Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors, the Codex Pappus-said to be the sacred Gnomonic text. Soon he is basking in the lore of lost Atlantis, convinced that his mission on earth is to administer and expand the ranks of this noble brotherhood. Taking us through the entire New Cycle of Gnomonism-through the publication of Jimmerson's own Gnomonic texts, through the scandalous schism that rocks the Gnomonic community, through Jimmerson's disastrous bid for the governorship of Indiana, to the fateful gathering of Gnomons in a mobile-home park in East Texas-Masters of Atlantis is a cockeyed journey into an America of misfits and con men, oddballs and innocents. It is quintessential Portis.
"Much as I love Charles Portis's other books, I believe Masters of Atlantis takes off even higher into the comic empyrean." - Roy Blount, Jr.
"[Portis is] the least known great writer in America." - Ron Rosenbaum, Esquire
Following last year's enthusiastically received reissue of Charles Portis's novels The Dog of the South and Norwood comes the republication of The Masters of Atlantis, the third in Overlook's reissues of the novels of this American master. This unforgettable novel centers on Lamar Jimmerson, a man in the front ranks of the modern-day Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors, the Codex Pappus-said to be the sacred Gnomonic text. Soon he is basking in the lore of lost Atlantis, convinced that his mission on earth is to administer and expand the ranks of this noble brotherhood. Taking us through the entire New Cycle of Gnomonism-through the publication of Jimmerson's own Gnomonic texts, through the scandalous schism that rocks the Gnomonic community, through Jimmerson's disastrous bid for the governorship of Indiana, to the fateful gathering of Gnomons in a mobile-home park in East Texas-Masters of Atlantis is a cockeyed journey into an America of misfits and con men, oddballs and innocents. It is quintessential Portis.
"Much as I love Charles Portis's other books, I believe Masters of Atlantis takes off even higher into the comic empyrean." - Roy Blount, Jr.
"[Portis is] the least known great writer in America." - Ron Rosenbaum, Esquire
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Hardback Editions
October 1985 : Hardback
| Title: Masters of Atlantis Author(s): Charles Portis ISBN: 0-394-54683-0 / 978-0-394-54683-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Masters of Atlantis Author(s): Charles Portis ISBN: 0-7156-4097-6 / 978-0-7156-4097-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2000 : Paperback
| Title: The Masters of Atlantis Author(s): Charles Portis Publisher: Overlook TP Availability: Amazon More details... |
March 2000 : Paperback
| Title: Masters of Atlantis Author(s): Charles Portis ISBN: 1-58567-021-9 / 9781585670215 (USA edition) Publisher: Overlook TP Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Masters of Atlantis Author(s): Charles Portis ISBN: 0-07-050503-9 / 978-0-07-050503-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
March 2002 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Masters of Atlantis: Library Edition Author(s): Charles Portis ISBN: 0-7861-2141-6 / 978-0-7861-2141-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
March 2002 : Audio CD
| Title: Masters of Atlantis: Library Edition Author(s): Charles Portis ISBN: 0-7861-9576-2 / 978-0-7861-9576-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
2010 : Unknown
| Title: Masters of Atlantis [Paperback] Author(s): Charles Portis (Author) Availability: Amazon More details... |
February 2008 : Unknown
| Title: Masters of Atlantis (Unabridged) Author(s): Charles Portis Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
March 2000 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Masters of Atlantis Author(s): Charles Portis Publisher: Overlook Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1985 : Unknown
| Title: Masters of Atlantis Author(s): Charles Portis Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon More details... |
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