Not that anyone really needs a reason to (re)ingest the Coen brothers' oeuvre, but the new book The Dude Abides by religion writer Cathleen Falsani will propel you to your Netflix account and Slanket-nest of a sofa post haste.

In The Dude Abides, Falsani wends through the Coen brothers world of theodicean psychopaths, laconic lamed-vavniks and moments of true grace—otherwise known as Anton Chigurh, The Dude, and when Ulysses Everett McGill sees that cow standing on the roof of a cotton house.

Ever wanted to know what Zen Buddhism has to do with Barton Fink? How exactly Fargo is a perfect example of a Christian morality tale? How The Hudsucker Proxy illustrates the Tibetan-Buddhist concept of bhavacakra with a dash of divine intervention?

Find out in The Dude Abides, out tomorrow. New shit has come to light!