{"product_id":"a-very-minor-prophet-james-bernard-frost-9780983304982","title":"A Very Minor Prophet","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Very Minor Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how Barth Flynn, a barista swimming upstream against purposelessness in Portland, Oregon, becomes the faithful scribe of Joseph Patrick Booker. Booker is a dwarf preacher who serves Voodoo donuts, Stumptown coffee, and, while his congregation throws PBR cans at him, rants about George W. Bush during the height of the 2004 presidential election. Barth's Portland is a world of bikes, zines, and cheap beer, but it's also a confined world, full of the desperate search to find meaning. In this lonely setting, Barth passes time learning trivial details, like the dozens of Gaelic words for rain. During Barth's quest for human connection, he meets the passionate Booker, who sees light in the gray world and strives to help people think and believe in something and to find connections with each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarth's fascination with Booker becomes a friendship that comes to define his life, as he discovers himself, his city, and his budding feelings for an enigmatic bike messenger who helps distribute Booker's gospel in the form of zines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Very Minor Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic novel, a gospel, an ode to great coffee, a story of great friendship, great love, and of a man waking up in Portland, Oregon, to realize his life and his story is just beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Bernard Frost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 098330498X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983304982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.94h x 8.53w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/31\/2012","brand":"James Bernard Frost","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457577988351,"sku":"9780983304982","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4a09c09-d15f-42da-b5c0-ee57e3396ae9.jpg?v=1777400043","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-very-minor-prophet-james-bernard-frost-9780983304982","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}