Dermaphoria
by Craig Clevenger
Book Summary Information
Author: Craig ClevengerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-08
ISBN: 1596921021
Number of pages: 214
Publisher: MacAdam Cage
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Book Review: Substance abuse...?
Summary: 3 Stars
The writing in this LA crime novel of drug abuse and memory loss is certainly arresting. Clevenger's protaganist begins the story having had his brains fried after what appears to have been a seriously bad trip, and his body fried in a house-fire into the bargain. As if that weren't enough, the LA police suspect him of being the king-pin in a major narcotics gang, which is spreading its tentacles up and down the West Coast.
With all his normal points of reference erased, the protaganist sees most of the world around him as a series of bizarre hallucinations (or misapprehensions, would be more accurate). He sets out to re-discover who he is and what happened, and in the process uncovers various dark dealings and double-crosses.
The problem with the book is that it is too self-consciously hip for its own good. The story is thin, and bundles up too quickly at the end. The flights of descriptive fancy are too many, holding up the story as well as being frequently incomprehensible. And, the hints at profundity are just like the profundity one discovers when high as a kite: i.e. the kind that doesn't stand up to much scrutiny in the cold light of day.
If you enjoy weird and imaginitive prose, this book will delight. But if style over substance irritates you, then it is probably best avoided.
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