The Lost Book of Mormon: A Quest for the Book That Just Might Be the Great American Novel

Is The Book of Mormon a Great American Novel? Avi Steinberg thinks so. In this quirky travelogue--part fan nonfiction, part personal quest--he follows the trail laid out in Joseph Smith's book. From Jerusalem to the ruined Mayan cities of Central America to upstate New York and, finally, to Jackson County, Missouri--the spot Smith identified as the site of the Garden of Eden--Steinberg traces The Book's unexpected path and grapples with Joseph Smith's demons--and his own. Literate and funny, personal and provocative, the genre-bending The Lost Book of Mormon boldly explores our deeply human impulse to write books, and affirms the abiding power of story.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 11/24/2015
ISBN: 9780307948366
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 01/10/2016 pg. 24