Nobber, by Oisin Fagan, and various Irish whiskeys, part 1

Michael and Ethan begin their discussion of Nobber, by Oisín Fagan, while drinking The Midnight Silkie (Michael) and Red Locks (Ethan) Irish whiskeys.

In this episode:

  • The question and the answer is “WTF?”

  • Bafflement loves company

  • Nihilism (question mark?)

  • Plague books

  • Michael says “plague-ground” and Ethan completely fails to call him on it

  • Very relevant and very pointed

  • Acquisitiveness so strong it breaks the fourth wall

  • A clumsy trap for Michael

  • Bestiality!

  • Scientific reasons are sometimes bestial, and bestial reasons are sometimes scientific

  • Is this book trying to make us, the reader, into the Christ figure?

  • Alchemical hermaphrodite, a possibly or possibly-not Ethan-only joint

  • Nebuchadnezzar!

  • Dueling heresies/heresies all the way down

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