Imperium

One of Publishers Weekly ’s Ten Best Books of the Year: An uncategorizable, “astonishing and captivating” novel of obsession, adventure, and coconuts (Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York Times –bestselling author of My Struggle ). In 1902, a radical vegetarian and nudist from Nuremberg named August Engelhardt set sail for what was then called the Bismarck Archipelago. His destination: the island Kabakon. His goal: to found a colony based on worship of the sun and coconuts. His malnourished body was fo