{"product_id":"everything-is-fake-and-thats-charles-p-wireman-9798298602563","title":"Everything is Fake and That's Fine","description":"Nothing is real (reel). Not your job. Not your relationships. Not even your reflection in the mirror. And yet, here you are, clinging to the idea that something must be true.\u003cbr\u003eBruce Goth, the infamous nihilist philosopher behind \u003ci\u003eThe Abyss Has Wi-Fi\u003c\/i\u003e and contributor to \u003ci\u003eDeanetics\u003c\/i\u003e, takes you on a sharp, darkly funny journey into the absurd architecture of reality itself. From the lies you tell yourself before breakfast to the grand fictions holding up civilization, Goth argues that the problem isn't that everything is fake, it's that you haven't learned to enjoy it.\u003cbr\u003ePart manifesto, part field guide, and part recruitment pamphlet for those ready to abandon \"truth\" in favor of good theater, \u003ci\u003eEverything is Fake and That's Fine\u003c\/i\u003e offers practical tactics for thriving in a fabricated world without pretending otherwise.\u003cbr\u003eYou'll learn: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy truth is the least interesting thing you can believe in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to spot the seams in any reality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe art of living like your life is a perfect con.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to lead others into your Fake without losing yourself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWhether you're a hardened cynic or a curious newcomer to the school of Gothilism, this book is your permission slip to stop searching for meaning and start enjoying the show.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything is fake and that's fine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoyote Moon Books - Philosophy \/ Cultural Criticism \/ Humor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Bruce Goth has written the kind of book you don't read; you survive. It's not a philosophy, it's a demolition of everything you thought mattered, and a blueprint for what to do once you're standing in the rubble.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles P. Wireman\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDeanetics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Goth's philosophy offers a refreshing perspective on nihilism and the nature of reality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Crenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e, screenwriter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I thought Bruce Goth was joking. Then I read it. Now I can't unsee the strings holding the world together, or the hands that keep tugging them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiley Gilmore\u003c\/b\u003e, comedian \u0026amp; accidental nihilist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEverything is Fake and That's Fine\u003c\/i\u003e, philosopher-provocateur Bruce Goth dismantles the comfortable illusions you didn't even realize you were living inside. With equal parts dark humor and razor-sharp insight, Goth invites you to pull at the seams of reality, not to destroy it, but to find the strange freedom in knowing it's all stitched together in the first place.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not a book for believers.\u003cbr\u003eIt's a book for people who suspect the truth has been rehearsed too many times.\u003cbr\u003eIt's for anyone who's ever laughed in the middle of a tragedy or felt the rush of liberation in admitting they were wrong about everything.\u003cbr\u003eYou might hate it.\u003cbr\u003eYou might quote it for the rest of your life.\u003cbr\u003eEither way, you won't leave unchanged.\u003cbr\u003eCoyote Moon Books presents this \u003ci\u003eSpecial Edition\u003c\/i\u003e with a new Foreword by Charles P. Wireman and an Afterword by Riley Gilmore, celebrating Goth's most unsettling and liberating work to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The book they don't want you to read.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything Is Fake, and That's Fine\u003c\/i\u003e circulates like contraband. Handed off in dim bars, slid under thrift store counter glass, discovered in locked drawers in abandoned office buildings.\u003cbr\u003eIn these pages, nihilist philosopher Bruce Goth dismantles the illusion of \"truth\" with a surgeon's precision and a vandal's joy. He tells you why your heroes are just costumes, your memories are rewrites, and your life is a stage set and then dares you to love it anyway.\u003cbr\u003eReaders call it \"liberating,\" \"dangerous,\" and \"the closest thing to scripture I'll ever read.\" Governments call it \"subversive literature.\" Goth calls it \"just another fake\" and smiles.\u003cbr\u003eYou will not leave this book the same person you were when you opened it. But then again, that person wasn't real (reel) either.\u003cbr\u003e\"A bold meditation on truth, illusion, and the art of the con.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential guide to embracing the void.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles P. Wireman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798298602563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Charles P. Wireman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083781677311,"sku":"9798298602563","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everything-is-fake-and-thats-charles-p-wireman-9798298602563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}