Jeremiah 8:20

About the Book

A disenfranchised white man’s maniacal obsession with becoming a “Master of the Universe” in New York City in the 1960’s.

“What one is not prepared for is the power and vast scope of this first novel: following Jeremiah Francis Scanlon (fat, balding, and 39) throughout New York City, Carol Hill has gotten down the madness of our times— racism, obsessions with money, sex and power, loss of contact with the past— and given us a vision of the future that is at once a desperate comedy and a harrowing rehearsal of the apocalypse.”
—Robert Gross, Newsweek

“You should buy Carol Hill’s extraordinary book... simply as a novel of character, Jeremiah 8:20 works superbly... if you can’t identify with Jeremiah Francis Scanlon you probably can’t identify with yourself. This remarkable novel moves from the particular to the prophetic, from man to myth.”
—John Leonard, New York Times

About the Author

Carol Hill has written short stories, literary criticism and plays. She has acted in and directed plays in summer stock and Off-Broadway. She lives in New York City.