The last rock-and-roll novel: a dark valentine to small-town music scenes everywhere.
Jeff Jackson is the author of Mira Corpora, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His short fiction has appeared in Guernica, Vice, and The Collagist, and five of his plays have been produced by the Obie Award-winning Collapsable Giraffe theater company in New York City.
"The scenes of carnage, every one presented plainly, without
pumped-up adjectives and gory effects, are absolutely devastating."
--Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone"[Destroy All Monsters] is a
startlingly delightful pop object . . . which diametrically
prepares the reader for a novel that is formally complex,
experimental, poetic, puzzling, often uncomfortable, at times
dizzying, always alive, beautifully written and just plain daring."
--Scott Cheshire, Los Angeles Times
"[Jeff] Jackson captures the dynamics of a small-town rock scene
and channels the sense of danger that threatens live music, at a
time when tragedy strikes those who seek out the sounds they love.
This surreal novel summons feelings both hopeful and terrifying,
which seems about right for 2018." --Tobias Carroll,
Pitchfork "[Jeff] Jackson builds an anxious, deeply felt
narrative probing a nationwide epidemic of murders of musicians . .
. Infected with this eerie conceit, and expressed through gritty,
sharp prose, [Destroy All Monsters] provides both deep
character exploration and a nuanced commentary on music,
creativity, and violence." --Publishers Weekly "Destroy
All Monsters rails against its own titular notion--it's better
to create than destroy. Its sharded optimism is a balm for these
increasingly fractious times." --Michael T. Fournier, The
Chicago Review of Books"Punk rock in literary form, this activism
allegory will draw fans of Chuck Palahniuk's raw social commentary
and Charlie Huston's haunting, macabre symbolism." --Christine
Tran, Booklist
"[Destroy All Monsters] is about you and me. It's about the time we
live in, the times our ancestors lived in. It's about music. It's
about burning your house down. It's about facing the gun and being
behind it . . . a masterful work by someone I'd dare to call one of
the greatest living authors." --Kelby Losack, Vol. 1 Brooklyn
"Destroy All Monsters is an inventive and powerful book, one of the
best (if not the best) rock 'n roll novels I have ever read."
--David Gutowski, Largehearted Boy "Being an outsider is not the
exclusive realm of contrarians, as anyone who has ever longed to be
a cool kid can attest. Destroy All Monsters taps into this
fundamental aspect of the human experience . . . Jackson paints in
sepia tones, his words [creating] a filmy, nicotine-stained haze .
. ." --Michael J. Solender, PANK
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