{"product_id":"journey-around-an-extraordinary-planet","title":"Journey Around an Extraordinary Planet: Book two of trilogy which takes place around the planet in the Sixties","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the sequel to \u003cem\u003e39 Blows on a Gone Trumpet\u003c\/em\u003e. After the passion of energies described in \u003cem\u003e39 Blows\u003c\/em\u003e, Dolphin explores the world of underlying meaning, the patterns behind the facade of cultures and the new forms emerging in synchronicity around the globe. In a series of episodes, he takes us to the Magic Room in Tangiers, to the Tombs of Knowledge in Egypt and Asia and into the cruel realities of Vietnam, returning to the Real Cafe in New York. It is now the ’60s and the hero’s return coincides with the start of the ‘counter-revolution’ in the USA for which his journeys have prepared him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoven into the novel, like its precursor \u003cem\u003e39 Blows\u003c\/em\u003e, is the passionate literature of the ages: from Mayakovsky’s ardor to Blake’s ecstatic wrath; from the eloquence of Whitman to the density of Joyce; from the ‘cut-up’ technique of Burroughs to the terse and exact poetry of Brecht; and the love of the unknown that stretches from Khayyam to Baudelaire. Cover illustration by Ralph Steadman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy this book matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe second volume of Johnny Dolphin’s Trilogy — a deeper, more searching journey into the patterns beneath the surface of cultures and history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravels from the Magic Room in Tangiers to the Tombs of Knowledge in Egypt, Vietnam’s brutal realities, and the birth of the American counter-revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoven through with the great literary voices of the ages — Blake, Whitman, Joyce, Burroughs, Brecht, Khayyam, Baudelaire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover illustration by Ralph Steadman — one of the most distinctive visual artists of the 20th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA bridge between the raw energy of \u003cem\u003e39 Blows\u003c\/em\u003e and the cultural revolution at the heart of \u003cem\u003eLiberated Space\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"By Johnny Dolphin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44719003107373,"sku":"9780907791232","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/9268\/4077\/files\/Journey-Around-an-Extraordinary-Planet-scaled.jpg?v=1773783660","url":"https:\/\/synergeticpress.com\/products\/journey-around-an-extraordinary-planet","provider":"Synergetic Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}