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| Title | : | Dermaphoria |
| Author | : | Craig Clevenger |
| Book Format | : | Trade Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 214 pages |
| Published | : | September 8th 2006 by Lawson Library (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Noir. Crime. Novels |
Craig Clevenger
Trade Paperback | Pages: 214 pages Rating: 3.64 | 3287 Users | 177 Reviews
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Bailed out of jail and holed up in a low-rent motel, amnesiac Eric Ashworth's only memory is a woman's name: Desiree. With steadily increasing doses of a strange new hallucinogen, Eric finds that the drug allows him to reassemble his past in broken fragments. But as he begins to lose touch with the present, his distinction between truth and fantasy begins to crumble, creating a world where divisions between love and loss, violence and tenderness, and fact and fiction are less discernible than they ought to be.Details Books Concering Dermaphoria
| Original Title: | Dermaphoria |
| ISBN: | 1596921021 (ISBN13: 9781596921023) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Eric Ashworth |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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Ratings: 3.64 From 3287 Users | 177 ReviewsAppraise Out Of Books Dermaphoria
A cinematic, psychedelic, drug explosion left in words on a page. I'm not saying it worked entirely, because, for me (and it's ALWAYS subjective), it didn't. But throughout this tale of a hapless, hopeless narcotics manufacturer/chemistry genius with amnesia (wrap your brain 'round that) searching for his lost (in every possible way) love and memories, there's plenty of chunky language and lyrical prose to cling to. It does (for me) overcook and overdo it for a good number of pages, but there'sThere's some talent here, but too much Palahniuk-Momento-Hunter S.-tripped out diatribe for an interesting story. If you shave off the outer veneer of curiosity and pseudo-mystery, you're not left with much. Clevenger writes well, but the story doesn't really carry; I was left wondering what value I obtained from reading, though my college self would think I was being old.
Strange-weirdness, my favorite cocktail, but this one didn't have enough punch even with it's slim length. The novel starts out promising but than quickly becomes repetitive. I started out thinking I would love this novel, it has paranoia, drugs, colorful characters, and is written beautifully, but as soon as I hit the mid-way point I felt detached. I respected what this novel was trying to accomplish more than I enjoyed it.
His second book, such rich sensations, a powerful, riveting story, and the questioning of reality abounds. A fantastic read.
I love this man's writing. The words so poetic and the story unfolds like a bad dream, and you get the workings of a man who suffers from amnesia and is starting to get his memory back in chunks, but you can't be certain if any of those flashes are true. Very abstract, like Memento meets Breaking Bad.
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Sometimes I read a book and it's the story that stands out, or even the characters, but in Dermaphoria it is the author who stands out and Clevenger is right there on every page. His observations are so damn sharp. I never wanted to read quickly over a sentence in case I missed a brilliant tidbit. For me, this book isn't just about the character, or about what is or is not real, it was about how we all formulate our ideas of reality and then act accordingly and how much power the people around
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