After her professor is suspended for showing a video of Holocaust skeptic 'J Peterman' Sarah must confront the social justice protestors that have taken over her campus. Filled with existential despair and acerbic wit these short stories or, 'lamentations,' grapple with themes ranging from contemporary politics, to God and religion, to the absurdity of everyday existence. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20856796.Simon_Brass From the opening moments exploring the unraveling mind of a character on a journey through the vacuity of consumer society, to the finale in which we await the arrival of an absent Messiah, these stories cut to the heart of the human condition.