9 Paperback 10.95 4 9781885030269 108 XV3HDB5UGH2SN http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4191420085_45c2857b1d_m.jpg "My favorite moment was a crafted jewel, as tight and nuanced a 123-word story as you're likely to find anywhere. — <i>Nerve Magazine</i><br><br>"Rutkowski combines carefully measured statements with a profound searching of the cultural landscape, refusing to accept literary prototypes." — <i>American Book Review</i><br><br>"Rutkowski's tale chronicles the confusion and opacity of traumatic childhood as it criticizes the American society that tolerates such inhumanity." — <i>Publisher's Weekly</i> 10.95 A quirky, deadpan look at fetish, violence, and family. Thaddeus Rutkowski's novel in short vignettes, gives a harrowingly deadpan account of the tedium, casual violence, and deviant sex lacing together a surreal, semi-rural childhood with adult urban neurosis. In a spare, flat, and unrelenting prose that has been honed to a point, Rutkowski ferrets out the hard bone of absurdity and humor at the center of emotional displacement. 2010-03-03T05:42:52Z