Lawrence Millman, author of Drinks with God

Porter Square Books welcomes Lawrence Millman for the release of his latest novel Drinks with God.

This event will take place at our CAMBRIDGE store. We offer validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. See parking details below.

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ABOUT DRINKS WITH GOD

Drinks With God is what you might get if you blended the wit of George Carlin, the satire of Jonathan Swift, and the quirky imagination of Kurt Vonnegut. In this irreverent and humorous narrative, the Supreme Being himself confesses to being a celestial klutz, making cosmic blunders from the dawn of time to the present day. From accidentally creating an upright squirrel in a jockstrap in his attempt to make the first human, to sending a swarm of hummingbirds instead of locusts to plague the Egyptians, this God is far from the omnipotent figure we know from the Bible.

Within the pages of Drinks With God, the reader is treated to an unconventional take on familiar biblical figures. From his 'weirdo' son Jesus, the amorous Holy Ghost, and the entrepreneurial Noah, to the not-so-virginal Virgin Mary, a sassy Judas Iscariot, and a chef Satan who has a flair for spicy cuisine - these characters are reimagined in a way you've never seen before. And where does God divulge these surprising insights? Not in a heavenly realm, but in the more earthly locales of New York City's bars, coffee houses, and parks, revealing a deity who enjoys a good drink.

Reading Drinks With God might not sway your religious beliefs, but it's guaranteed to leave you in stitches. Prepare for a hilarious, blasphemous, and utterly unique exploration of divinity like no other.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Writer-mycologist-Arctic explorer Lawrence Millman is the author of 22 books, including such titles as Our Like Will Not Be There Again, Last Places, An Evening Among Headhunters, Lost in the Arctic, Hiking to Siberia, At the End of the World, Fascinating Fungi of New England, Fungipedia, and Goodbye Ice as well as Outsider. He has a fungus named after him and will soon have an onychophoran (velvet worm) named after him. When not on the road, he lives in Cambridge.

PARKING

Porter Square Books: Cambridge Edition offers validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. Roseland Street is accessible by Beacon Street and Mass Ave. When you arrive at the lot, use the screen on the kiosk to get a ticket.

When you're ready to leave, ask for a validation barcode at the cash register. (No purchase necessary.) Parking is free on weekends and weekday evenings from 6PM-7AM. From 7AM-6PM on weekdays the first 45 minutes are free. 

Upon exiting the lot, scan your ticket and choose "validation." Then scan the barcode your received from us. If you have an additional charge, you will be prompted to pay after scanning your barcode. 

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