VALIS
2004 · book
VALISis the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being The Divine Invasionand The Transmigration of Timothy Archer). This disorienting and bleakly funny work is about a schizophrenic hero named Horselover Fat; the hidden mysteries of Gnostic Christianity; and reality as revealed through a pink laser. VALISis a theological detective story, in which God is both a missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime. Cover design: Heidi North