Description
A compelling cult classic of erotic obsession and shocking violence
About the Author
Heather Lewis was born in 1962 and attended Sarah Lawrence College. She was also the author of House Rules and The Second Suspect and contributed to several anthologies. She ended her life on the 5th of May, 2002, in New York City.
Reviews
Heather Lewis has written this novel with a power and pain almost unbearable, like some freak-ass despondent Jesus nailing herself to the cross again and again. This novel is tragic, horrifying, and a triumph -- Sapphire, author of Push
Lewis's language is stripped to the bone ... Searing, graphic and not for the faint of heart, Lewis's novel is a punch to the gut readers will feel long after the shock of its impact has subsided. * Publisher's Weekly *
Lewis is an enormously compelling writer: astute, risky, and unapologetic ... hauntingly sad in its portrayal of a lonely soul tittering on the edge of emotional oblivion. * Kirkus *
An irreducible text, unforgettable, nearly unbearable, but never unbelievable or self-indulgent -- Dale Peck * New York Magazine *
Heather Lewis writes in a tone wry and under-modified. The language is stinging in its precision, sensual in its awareness of hot and cold, its relentless physical registration -- Allan Gurganus
Book Information
ISBN 9781800818613
Author Heather Lewis
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Serpent's Tail
Publisher Profile Books Ltd