Publisher: 5 Story Walkup Format: Trade Paperback Length: 336 pages This trade paperback is issued unsigned but our preordered copies will be autographed by the author. Description: Special Note -- while this book is not horror per se, we thought it would be of interest to our readers and fans of Ronald Malfi's excellent "The Fall of Never." Those looking for some outstanding fiction should give this book a try. “Love is the seed embedded in the skin,” Donna whispered, “germinating.” Robert Crofton, a socially inept and naïve young farm-boy, arrives in Baltimore to write his first novel and to reacquaint himself with an old hometown friend: poet-turned-prizefighter Rory Van Holt. In an effort to resume their peculiar and mysterious friendship, Robert Crofton abruptly ensconces himself in Rory Van Holt’s circle of friends. Robert soon finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire that is their lifestyle. They are corrupt and privileged socialites, damaged by extraordinary wealth, gluttony, greed, arrogance, and power. Dreamlike, the characters float in and out of Robert’s life with inebriated casualness while Robert’s innocence invites these characters to subtly abuse and ridicule him while also accepting him, for the purpose of their own relief against monotony, into their monstrous society. When Nigel Sweeny, Robert’s eccentric and doomed cousin, falls is love with Rory Van Holt’s fiancée, Donna Taylor, they all suddenly find themselves trapped in a bizarre and often contradictory love-quadrangle. The Nature of Monsters is both uniquely modern and delicately classic in its style and execution. The story is an exercise in human frailty and love, while exploring the struggle between personal gratification and the damning, acquisitive allure of monetary wealth. What have the critics said? "Ronald Damien Malfi is one of the more compassionate, insightful and thoughtful new voices in contemporary American fiction. To say he’s a writer to watch would be to be too obvious – he’s a writer watching us." —Michael Hemmingson, author of The Rose of Heaven “Expect to hear and see Ronald Damien Malfi’s name everywhere in the future.” –Nancy Jackson, Midwest Book Review Availability: Usually ships within 2-3 business days. Retail price: $20.00 |
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