Introduction

[Manuel]

Unreal City: a zany cartoon megalopolis where towers are built of cotton candy, facts scatter like pixie dust, and the truth is whatever you feel it to be. And it's no fantasy. It's where we live. "We dwell in Unreal City. We believe in un-being."
With saber-like wit, poet and professor Anthony Esolen leads readers on a tour through the ruins of their own Western world—through king-size bookstores, manicured college campuses, strobe-lit choir lofts, mechanized farms, divorce courts, drag-queen libraries, and beyond. This hilarious guide to a culture gone mad with sex and self-care minces no words and spares no egos. We the people of Unreal City are no better, and certainly no smarter, than our fathers.

[Emmy]

I'm about a chapter in (started last week) and the commentary is really biting. I was a little surprised.

[John]

I read this book last month to prepare for questions, but have been struggling.

I will review my notes to see if I have anything, but most of my observations were too granular to support a general discussion.