bean: The definitive fictional biography of Kobe Bryant

by John Christy

The definitive fictional biography of Kobe Bryant, with two forewords and an afterword by Kobe Bryant. John Christy advances the daring hypothesis that Bryant is a contemporary incarnation of Nietzsche's ubermensch, a striving and becoming toward a higher form of man, a model for all those who seek an escape from the postmodern malaise of modern life. Christy's extended study of Bryant ultimately affects the author himself, who travels to Los Angeles in search of the man and the ideal.

322 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

christ christy (john) is an embarrassment to himself and a warning to others. his days are numbered . . . you can see it immediately . . . he's depressed . . . unhappiness drips from every pore . . . he looks like he singlehandedly shouldered the blame for the genocides in Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, and Burundi . . . ropes and knives, bridges and guns send secret signals to guys like him . . . a psychoanalyst with a falsified degree in guattaro-lacanian studies once remarked that christ is an "evil, phallic narcissist with necrophilic tendencies, a schizophrenic solipsist filled with demonic rage, a deranged thirst for revenge, and a wild contempt for the human race; he suffers from total alienation, paranoid and sociopathic tendencies, sexual psychosis, and a fetishization of violence." christy has this to say: "HOLLER IF YOU DOWN TO SMOKE F**K OR RIDE"

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[Jayden gonzalez · Rating 5 out of 5]

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