From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain

THE AUTHORS SAY:

ROBERT J. SAWYER, Hugo and Nebula Award winner

"Minister Faust does it again: an outlandish, outrageous tour de force by
the most innovative prose stylist in the field, bar none. From the Notebooks
of Doctor Brain is a super-powered novel, a high-speed romp that should
leap right onto the bestsellers' list."

EDEN ROBINSON, Giller Award-nominated author of Monkey
Beach

"Minister Faust's gleefully surreal approach to storylines, wonderful
wordplay and offbeat, faster-than-speeding-bullet wit, make From the
Notebooks of Doctor Brain a marvellous read."

THE CRITICS SAY:

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW):

"[S]harp satire of caped crusaders hides a deeper critique of individual
treatment versus social injustice.... Faust's well-aimed jabs spare no super
sacred cows nor many pop idols and psychobabbling media stars.
Underneath the humor, careful readers will find uncomfortable parallels to
real-world urban tragedies in the novel's 'July 16 Attacks,' where Faust
gives a double meaning to the 'Crisis of Infinite Dearths.'"

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH:

Faust comes up with a plot that is simple on the surface and brilliantly
complex in its layers... murder, complex conspiracies and lover's quarrels...
[r]acism, consumerism, hero worship and even 9/11 get the Faustian
treatment in this over-the-top but always dead-on satire of our times.

BOOKLIST:

"[An] excellent superhero comedy as well as an unsettling satire."

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:

"Entertaining... saavy."

BOOKPAGE:

"[M]ight be one of the most entertaining books to cross your path this
year.... Faust is an original writer with a passionate interest in people--be
they crazy or "normal"--and his pulpy satire takes accurate swings at our
me-first society and the pop culture idols who have floated to the top."

SCIFI.COM:

"[Minister Faust's] insane fecundity and jazzy verbal dexterity, his sheer
brio and exuberance... reminds me of Ishmael Reed or Steve Aylett... plenty
of moments in this novel where I laughed out loud."

Darren Zenko's profile of
From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain
in Vue Weekly magazine

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