Feral House had been promising to deliver conspiracy theorist James Shelby Downard's autobiography for what seems to have been a good five years. Well they finally delivered and ... it was worth the freaken' ridiculous wait! This here is some CRAZY entertaining shit. It's Tom Sawyer on some serious hallucinogens - I'm not talking Psilocybin mushroom delirious - I'm talking 50's government experiment style hallucinogens. Where to begin?

Ok as you may or may not know (you can visit Downard in out Literature section) Downard has written a couple of absolutely mind blowing essays on Freemasonry and sex magic as well as there influence in the killing of JFK and the use of the atomic bomb. His essays King Kill 33 and The Call to Chaos are two of the most insane, yet undeniably frightening essays ever penned. As publisher Adam Parfrey and the fans of Downard can tell you - once you digest these essays you begin to look at everything in the fucking world for hidden symbolism. The first few times you read his works you laugh yourself silly - soon, however, they really start to get under your skin. Who is this man and how does he come up with this shit? The Carnivals of Life and Death begins with Parfrey visiting the late Downard before delving into his memoir subtitled My Profane Youth. So here we learn of little Downard up to his 22nd year. And you thought you had problems?!?

I dare not reveal all the surprises contained within Carnivals of Life and Death - your cheap ass can buy it and help support one of our favorite publishers Feral House - but let me tell you as a young lad age of five Downard is beaten and hunted by Masons and the KKK. But these boys are picking on the wrong tyke as Downard fights back by stabbing, shooting and blowing up his adversaries! This spunky tot is a pistol packing, quick thinking menace that finds himself in the most un-fucking-believable predicaments. Did I mention that he sees Alexander Graham Bell getting blown in a sex magic rite? Or that his mother makes him wear an "Alice Blue" dress on his way to meet potential abductors? Or about the million dollar gold certificates? Or about the million dollar check from FDR?!?!?!

Man, I won't give away any surprises - just know that the wait was well worth it. I guarantee you pick this sucker up and you will read it straight through. Feral House needs to put together a compilation of all his works - this stuff is gold.