Rami Shamir is the author of TRAIN TO POKIPSE, the novel that famed American publisher Barney Rosset has called "a Catcher in the Rye for the new century." Shamir was Rosset’s last author and final protégé, bookending a literary canon of twentieth century masters that includes Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller, and William S. Burroughs. A former Zuccotti Park Occupier with Occupy Wall Street, he strives to set an example for a new type of author—one who is socially responsible, politically invested, and staunchly anti-Corporate. Occupy co-founder Micah White has named TRAIN TO POKIPSE "the best indie novel of the Occupy generation,” citing the book's "beautiful reflections on our generation." In a continued show of solidarity with independent booksellers, who Shamir considers to be "the new arsenals of democracy," Learn more here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1933396652/train-to-pokipse