Do you believe in a higher power? Are you sure? Portland author Jon Raymond’s new novel God and Sex might make you question your faith—or lack thereof. Set in a lightly fictionalized Oregon university town—it's kind of a mashup between Eugene and Ashland—the story follows Arthur, a New Age-adjacent writer struggling to find his way after a series of flops. It’s not a spoiler to say he does find his muse, because the path Arthur takes to unlock his inspiration forms the story's real arc.

Many readers will already be familiar with Raymond’s work thanks to his meditative film collaborations with director Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff, First Cow, Wendy and Lucy). In contrast, his latest novel is a plot driven page-turner, fit for summer beach reading. But amidst the action, it still delivers

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