American Cult Fiction
Marla M. Mitchell
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The Nature of Water and Air by Regina McBride
Filled with dramatic twists and turns throughout, this novel is rarely predicatable. McBride's haunting narrative is compelling. I strongly recommend this book.
The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt
Though this book is of course a work of fiction, it reads like a historical novel, replete with unending majesty.
The Book Of Fred by Abbi Bardi
Bardi's tale of a young woman brainwashed by her Christian Fundamentalist parents into believing that she is one
of the 'chosen few'. Brought to live with a foster family, she is forced to re-think and re-evaluate her own beliefs.
Sexing The Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
Winterson's poetic narrative is exquisite. Sexing The Cherry
is a fairy tale for adults.
Dalton Conley's memoir serves up social commentary
about growing up as a white boy in the inner city projects
of New York.
A celebration of the anti-hero from the author of Fight Club. Choke cuts to the heart of our contemporary cultural idioms
and rips them to pieces. A perversely entertaining read.
On Bullfighting by A.L. Kennedy
You can literally almost taste the blood on your tongue thanks to Kennedy's raw and gritty narrative. I found myself rivetted by the material and the writer responsible for it. Highly recommended. Pick up this book and you may become another captive member of Kennedy's growing audience.
A calloused look at the life of a young man forced to grow
up too soon. Reads real and down to earth.
All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland
This novel tackles contemporary issues such as DNA splicing, mysticism, faith healers, and the ever popular issue of human cloning.
A farcical romp, that quite literally pierces through the heart of the post nuclear family.
An absurdist’s delight.
Coupland is also the author of Girlfriend in a Coma, Generation X, and Miss Wyoming ...
The Ordinary White Boy by Brock Clarke
Brocke Clark's debut novel. A painfully humorous and accurate portrayal of growing up middle class, in middle America. Ripe with social satire. An insightful, entertaining read.