A Matrix of Meanings : Finding God in Pop Culture Raymond Chandler ” — Times Literary Supplement“An

” — Times Literary Supplement“An enchanting and puzzling story

From André Aciman

Billy finds the first note

the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation

and how they have been fulfilled

A Matrix of Meanings : Finding God in Pop Culture Raymond Chandler ” — Times Literary Supplement“AnFrom the glittering tinsel of Hollywood to the advertising slogan you can't get out of your head, we are surrounded by popular culture. In A Matrix of Meanings Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor analyze aspects of popular culture and ask, What are they doing? What do they represent? and What do they say about the world in which we live? Rather than deciding whether Bono deserves our admiration, the authors examine the phenomenon of celebrity