{"product_id":"2940169206524","title":"The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eAttempting Normal \u003c\/i\u003eand host of the podcast \u003ci\u003eWTF with Marc Maron, The Jerusalem Syndrome \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Gospel according to Maron: a spiritual memoir of your average hyperintelligent, ultraneurotic, superhip Jewish standup comedian and seeker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jerusalem Syndrome is a genuine psychological phenomenon that often strikes visitors to the Holy Land - the   delusion that they are suddenly direct vessels for the voice of God.  Marc Maron   seems to have a distinctly American version of the Jerusalem Syndrome, which has   led him on a lifelong quest for religious significance and revelation in the most   unlikely of places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaron riffs on Beat phenomena with its sacred texts, established   rituals, and prescribed pilgrimages. He spends some time exploring the dark side   of things, as his obsessions with cocaine (known to Maron as \"magic powder\"), conspiracy   theories, and famous self-destructive comedians convince him that the gates of hell   open beneath Los Angeles.  As his quest matures, he reveals the religious aspects   of Corporate America, pontificating on the timeless beauty of the Coca-Cola logo   and even taking a trip to the Philip Morris cigarette factory, where the workers   puff their own products with a zealot-like fervor.  The culmination of Maron's Jerusalem   Syndrome comes during his own tour of the Holy Land, where, with Sony camcorder glued   to his eye socket, he comes face-to-face with his own ambiguous relationship to Judaism   and reaches the brink of spiritual revelation_or is it nervous breakdown?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc   Maron has considerably adapted and expanded his praised one-man show to craft a genuine   literary memoir.  Whether he's a genuine prophet or a neurotic mess, he'll make you   laugh as you question the meaning of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104375947504,"sku":"2940169206524","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169206524_p0.jpg?v=1763675257","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169206524","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}