The Book Of Joan: A Novel

"In the near future, a space station called CIEL circles the dying Earth like a bloated star, peopled by mutated humans baroquely decorated with skin grafts. Below them, Joan of Dirt, a young woman who hears voices and has an ability to manipulate the elements, makes her way across the blighted landscape. The reality of The Book of Joan is just as tremendous and inexplicable as its premise. A take-no-prisoners disregard for genre boundaries, it is a searing fusion of literary fiction and reimagined history and science fiction thriller and eco-fantasy, one that treats sex and filth and decay and violence and nature and love with equal relish. It’s not for the squeamish – but then again, nothing interesting is."