American Narcissus: A Novel
American Narcissus: A Novel by Chandler Morrison
English | May 14, 2024 | ISBN: 1639511407 | EPUB | 280 pages | 0.9 MB
English | May 14, 2024 | ISBN: 1639511407 | EPUB | 280 pages | 0.9 MB
The American dream is dead, and Los Angeles is burning.
Stoned and porn-addicted surfer Baxter Kent is terrified of women and anxious to make things work with a sex robot. Acid junkie Arden Coover has a useless philosophy degree and a doomed relationship he believes might save him. His younger sister Tess is considering, or resisting, a convenient but loveless marriage to a wealthy, narcissistic novelist. Ryland Richter, an alcoholic insurance executive with too much money and too few scruples, is seeking toxic solace in the arms of a dangerously unhinged subordinate.
As wildfires rage, this lost and hopeless cast makes their way through the embers of Los Angeles and beyond in a desperate search for meaning and connection in a world without a future. Chandler Morrison’s latest satire explores our search for love in all the wrong places, and what happens when we think we find it.