{"product_id":"the-carousel-of-beliefs-bob-lorentson-9781965733936","title":"The Carousel of Beliefs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"You are what you believe,\" said Calliope.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"But what if I don't believe ANYTHING?\" asked Joseph.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabid beliefs getting you down?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfused when agents of Certainty draw a fake moustache on the face of Truth?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfraid the horses on the Carousel of Beliefs are saddled with conspiracy theories?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake a ride with Joseph Mordechai Doubt on his journey to find something to believe in. For Joseph, you see, is a young man with no beliefs. Nada. Zilch. If beliefs were turds, Joseph would be as empty as a toilet bowl after the second flush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich interests Pono Nui, who is either a con man or the Devil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho makes Joseph's journey a lot like swimming upstream in a sewer while unfaithful beliefs like Happiness, Friendship, Free Will, and Fairness crap all over him. Even believing in Love with Cherry Givens, the hot biologist and nymphomaniac, seems like Hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich makes Joseph even more desperate to believe Calliope Pennyworth, ayahuasca purveyor and operator of the Carousel of Beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich leads Joseph to Dr. Platonic's Love Spa and Celibacy Clinic, a strange place to find Cherry, and a stranger place for an apocalyptic battle of beliefs. May the best belief win. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unholy mix of Tom Robbins, Christopher Moore, and Voltaire without the French accent, \u003ci\u003eThe Carousel of Beliefs\u003c\/i\u003e is a satire you can believe in. At your own peril, of course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Lorentson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 196573393X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781965733936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stillwater River Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Bob Lorentson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965515940095,"sku":"9781965733936","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37200b8f-dc76-4249-8361-05c70ede7527.jpg?v=1767281091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-carousel-of-beliefs-bob-lorentson-9781965733936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}