{"product_id":"castle-faggot","title":"Castle Faggot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCastle Faggot\u003c\/em\u003e is Derek McCormack's darkest and most delicious book yet, a satire of sugary cereals and Saturday morning cartoons set in an amusement park more deranged than anything Disney dreamed up. At the heart of the park is Faggotland, a playland for gay men, and \u003cem\u003eCastle Faggot\u003c\/em\u003e, the darkest dark ride in the world. Home to a cartoon Dracula called \u003cem\u003eCount Choc-o-log\u003c\/em\u003e, the castle is decorated with the corpses of gays—some were killed, some killed themselves, all ended up as décor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book includes a map of Faggotland, a photobook of the castle, the instructions for a castle-shaped dollhouse, and the novelization of a TV puppet show about \u003cem\u003eCount Choc-o-log\u003c\/em\u003e and his friends—reminiscent of the classic stop-motion special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but even gayer and more grotesque. As scatological as Sade but with a Hanna-Barbera vibe, \u003cem\u003eCastle Faggot\u003c\/em\u003e transmutes McCormack's love of the lurid and the childlike, of funhouses and sickhouses, into something furiously funny: as Edmund White says, “the mystery of objects, the lyricism of neglected lives, the menace and nostalgia of the past—these are all ingredients in this weird and beautiful parallel universe.” [publisher's note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357582860628,"sku":"A8B-28372","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/Scan_20201127_105613.jpg?v=1790812322","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/castle-faggot","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}