Lyke's stories pull together as a scathing indictment of outdated American ideals. In the spirit of willful surrender à la Orwell's Gordon Comstock, Lyke's aging narrator plods down beaten Chicago school hallways, relives the horrors he experienced in Afghanistan, and pines for the lost joys of his Ohio adolescence. A fearlessly personal, disquietingly honest, and subtly hilarious look at a chewed up and spat out man. A profound work. An instant classic!
-David Hoenigman (Burn Your Belongings, Squeal For Joy, Man Sees Demon)

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