Hating Olivia

Zusatztext "...difficult to put down...an intense snapshot of love." Informationen zum Autor Mark SaFranko is an American author, playwright, artist, and musician. He was cited in The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 and has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. He is the author of five published novels Hating Olivia , Lounge Lizard , God Bless America , Hopler's Statement , and The Favor and has written dozens more. He lives with his wife and son in New Jersey. Klappentext Max Zajack's life is cheap rooms, dead-end jobs, and suicidal fantasies until he meets the alluring and mysterious Olivia Aphrodite, and everything goes to hell. Max is a struggling musician and wannabe writer. His life is in a rut until one night, while playing a gig at a local club, he gazes out into the crowd and sees Olivia. Before long, they are sharing a bed and host of dark vices that begin to consume them. Their love turns toxic, sending them spiraling downward toward the inevitable. Violently romantic, viscerally honest, Hating Olivia is the story of two loners whose obsessive love brings them to the edge of destruction. Zusammenfassung A book of quiet horrors and beautifully expressed longing. . . . SaFranko's prose is precise! flawless! and the work of a man who truly loves and understands great writing. Tony O'Neill! author of Sick City and Down and Out on Murder Mile SaFranko writes from the heart! and the balls! crafting a furious and passionate piece of work that is entirely his own! with some scenes that would make even Bukowski blush. Susan Tomaselli! editor of Dogmatika.com Hating Olivia is acclaimed underground author Mark SaFranko's darkly twisted story of two people's descent into sex! obsession! and mutual destruction. A gritty confessional tale! Hating Olivia is sure to appeal to fans of Charles Bukowski! John Fante! and Huburt Selby! Jr. ...

...difficult to put down...an intense snapshot of love.

Autorentext

Mark SaFranko is an American author, playwright, artist, and musician. He was cited in The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 and has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. He is the author of five published novels—Hating Olivia, Lounge Lizard, God Bless America, Hopler's Statement, and The Favor—and has written dozens more. He lives with his wife and son in New Jersey.

Klappentext

Max Zajack's life is cheap rooms, dead-end jobs, and suicidal fantasies until he meets the alluring and mysterious Olivia Aphrodite, and everything goes to hell.

Max is a struggling musician and wannabe writer. His life is in a rut until one night, while playing a gig at a local club, he gazes out into the crowd and sees Olivia. Before long, they are sharing a bed and host of dark vices that begin to consume them. Their love turns toxic, sending them spiraling downward toward the inevitable. Violently romantic, viscerally honest, Hating Olivia is the story of two loners whose obsessive love brings them to the edge of destruction.

Zusammenfassung

“A book of quiet horrors and beautifully expressed longing. . . . SaFranko’s prose is precise, flawless, and the work of a man who truly loves and understands great writing.” —Tony O'Neill, author of Sick City and Down and Out on Murder Mile

“SaFranko writes from the heart, and the balls, crafting a furious and passionate piece of work that is entirely his own, with some scenes that would make even Bukowski blush.” —Susan Tomaselli, editor of Dogmatika.com

Hating Olivia is acclaimed underground author Mark SaFranko’s darkly twisted story of two people’s descent into sex, obsession, and mutual destruction. A gritty confessional tale, Hating Olivia is sure to appeal to fans of Charles Bukowski, John Fante, and Huburt Selby, Jr.