Rushing to Paradise - A Novel Condition:Very Good As the new powers—China and

As the new powers—China and India from Asia and others from Africa and Latin America—rise to the top of the world's pecking order

Essays and a statement by Ai Weiwei contextualize this extraordinary project

and suspense from the first page to the last

driven on past a shining lake

he is not alone and soon makes two friends from other parts of the world

Rushing to Paradise - A Novel Condition:Very Good As the new powers—China andLed by a charismatic and slightly unhinged woman, a group of environmentalists wins control over a small atoll in the Pacific and sets up a utopian community. Breeding other threatened species and among themselves, these homesteaders slowly transform an Eden of their own into a much darker place. A savage send up of environmentalism, feminism, and extremism of all sorts, Rushing to Paradise is also a brave new exploration of that strange territory J.