Multifesto: A Henri d'Mescan Reader
Edited by Davis Schneiderman and Phoenlia Yeer
Limited Edition of 50 copies (Spuyten Duyvil, 2006)



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Multifesto: A Henri d'Mescan Reader charts the career of the cultural theorist, philosopher, and writer Henri d'Mescan, whose public image is manipulated by the political and aesthetic agendas of his two editors, Davis Schneiderman and Phoenelia Yeer. Part I follows d'Mescan's activity in France during the years leading up to his 1954 trial by the French government as an international "image" criminal. Part II chronicles d'Mescan's emergence as American experimental fiction writer Henry Mescaline, and his involvement with editor David Schneiderman. Part III details d'Mescan's reclamation of his earlier incarnations as he coerces his editors (and readers) into questioning the authenticity of the entire text while the failed relationship between Schneiderman and Yeer-marked by both their editorial introductions as well as their love child, Dial-Up Networking-reaches a gruesome textual climax involving the Egyptian crocodile god, Sebek the Unholy. The novel is constructed from pastiches of footnotes, abstracts, marginalia, and movie scripts to subvert the form of the introductory college "Reader."

Loaded with extras, this limited edition of the infamous Henri d'Mescan's work will move forward despite a cease-and-desist letter from his former publisher.

Spuyten Duyvil remains committed to publishing this fantastic chronicle of cats from outer space, monocle-wearing resistance fighters, enormous talking tortoises, and over-sequenced genetic terrorists told through a polyphonic mélange of marginalia, abstracts, appendices, and much more. All presented while the failed relationship between Schneiderman and Yeer-marked by their editorial introductions as well as their strange love child named "Dial-Up Networking"-reaches a gruesome textual climax invoking the Egyptian crocodile god, Sebek the Unholy.

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