"There are certain books you can pass along to friends and loved ones with high marks and there are books you give soaring marks to but choose not to pass them along.""Last One to Die is a must-read. Mike Essington is a modern Beat writer who takes on gritty reality and serves it up raw. This guy writes from the heart, his tales are gripping, intense and they take you into an underworld that few have experienced.""I know that Mike Essington shaped these characters from real-life acquaintances, the characters are too compelling, too deep to have been concocted from his imagination. My only complaint is that Essington can't write books as fast as I can read them." -James Frey, A Million Little Pieces, My Friend LeonardStories rising from and returning to Essington's personal experiences reflect people, objects, places, and events of the external world, and reflects on them, on their way out and back. This classic 2011 book-the one that catapulted its author to national fame-is the perfect introduction to the hysterical world of the legendary writer, poet Michael Essington.
