Pillage

In his debut novel, author Brantly Martin offers a dynamic and innovative literary effort, reminiscent of the works of Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Bukowski and William S. Burroughs. Between eight balls of cocaine and pints of Patron, protagonist Cracula fluctuates between reality and fantasy, hyper-aware of the facades, formulas and falsehoods that encircle his existence, but he is unable to gain an advantage from his insights. Martin lures the reader into the shadowy ambiguities of addiction - where desire meets destruction and where pathos becomes laughable.