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A work of striking vision, rich with originality, The Death of Groo the Wanderer is a deep examination of the human condition, ruminating on the nature of life and death, and the inextricably entwined reality of their contradictory aspects. In many respects, this book is more relevant now than when it was first unleashed in 1987. As the conflict between hate and love drive a race between self-destruction and self-discovery, Groo finds himself in a parallel race to find the psychologically relieving understanding of the good and evil-afflicted natures of human ethical systems. The blindness to those truths evident before each person's eyes empowers the descent into despair and chaos, but transformation is found in the eventual discovery of enlightened human agency and political freedom. The concepts behind the Übermensch are shown to be vacuous as the every-man in the personification of Groo uproots the entrenched powers, reversing the usual narratives, and inverting expectations. This is a deeply nuanced philosophical treatise that deserves multiple readings and intense study to tease out the hidden meanings. A trans-formative book for the ages.