American Blasphemer
by John Matthew Gillen
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Pub Date May 21 2020 | Archive Date Jun 23 2020
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Description
American Blasphemer is the story of a lovesick writer named John who moves to NYC to escape his dysfunctional family after getting dumped by his girlfriend.
An epic literary novel written in the tradition of Denis Johnson, Charles Bukowski, and Hunter S. Thompson, each chapter delivers new characters and unforgettable experiences - a knife fight with a sex addict, psychedelic family Christmas, a Cathedral burning in Manhattan, a midnight visit to Elvis's grave, and more.
This harrowing journey through American carnage culminates in a showdown with a tattooed witch and warlock who try to get John to join their coven after meeting him at a concert in Times Square.
In its account of the war for one man's soul, American Blasphemer offers a poetic, brutal, yet authentic portrait of a deeply troubled nation entering its second bout with the Roaring Twenties.
Advance Praise
"I don't believe in God, but I would go to your Church" - The sex addict who tried to stab me on page sixty-seven
"I don't believe in God, but I would go to your Church" - The sex addict who tried to stab me on page sixty-seven
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781951937133 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Mark R, Librarian
Such a good read. Based on the story of John who escapes to NYC to get away from his mental family ( 2 brothers who drink and take drugs and his religious parents and after he breaks up from his girlfriend.
He introduces us to brilliant scenarios in each chapter to having a knife fight with a sex addict, Christmas spent with his family, visiting Graceland and Elvis’s grave at midnight , a cathedral on fire and burning to the ground. Ending up with a confrontation between himself and a witch and a warlock, you won’t know quite what to expect.
Great underground fiction, well written and easy to read.
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