The Adventures of Mr Marigold

Michael Charles Tobias - in this colossal comic novel of 625,000 words - has given us a masterpiece of insight about our lives and troubled times. Through his idealistic hero Murillo Marigold and his earthy sidekick Sannazaro, Tobias meditates on everything that matters: poetry, art, philosophy, alternative technologies, environmentalism, human wrongs, animal rights, sustainable living, and utopias future and past. And what style Passage after passage of inspired prose, from a mind on fire that sees every moment and encounter as hilarious, holy, and unique. The heart of the book is the author's deeply personal sublime vision: the sacredness of all living beings, the reverence for life, the passionate commitment to social and environmental change. This enormous, challenging beatific vision that reminds us who we are - and points the way to what the new world could one day be - makes Mr Marigold a modern classic, at once entertaining, nourishing, revolutionary, and profoundly wise.

Author: Michael Charles Tobias
Publisher: Zorba Press
Published: 02/25/2016
Pages: 828
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.20lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.64d
ISBN: 9780927379205

About the Author
Michael Charles Tobias is the author of nearly 50 books, many hundreds of essays, and the writer, director, and/or producer of some 170 films. He is probably best known for his novel, The Adventures of Mr Marigold. Tobias lives with his life-long partner and wife, the prolific ecologist, explorer, author, filmmaker, photographer, musician and philanthropist, Jane Gray Morrison, whose own books and films include such works as God's Country: The New Zealand Factor, "A Day in the Life of Ireland," "Antarctica: The Last Continent," the ten-hour dramatic miniseries, "Voice of the Planet," Donkey: The Mystique of Equus Asinus, the PBS feature film trilogy, "Mad Cowboy," "No Vacancy," and "Hotspots," the coffee table work, Sanctuary: Global Oases of Innocence, Why Life Matters: Fifty Ecosystems From the Heart & Mind, and - as Goodwill Ambassador to Ecuador's Yasuní National Park - the film "Yasuní - A Meditation on Life" that premiered at the United Nations Rio+20 Summit.

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