A Prayer for Dawn

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"It's really hard to know what is right. What if nothing is?"

The lives of a dozen people in Cincinnati, Ohio are inextricably linked in this unrelenting first novel by Nathan Singer.
 
A publicist who writes checks to charities to relive a guilty conscience.  A convict who rants in an underground 'zine.  An artist with a controversial portfolio.  A ...
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Overview

"It's really hard to know what is right. What if nothing is?"

The lives of a dozen people in Cincinnati, Ohio are inextricably linked in this unrelenting first novel by Nathan Singer.
 
A publicist who writes checks to charities to relive a guilty conscience.  A convict who rants in an underground 'zine.  An artist with a controversial portfolio.  A runaway engaging in "petty terrorism".  And an eight-year-old girl named Dawn at the center of it all, watching as the world falls down around them.

This dark, experimental satire assaults the apathy of the masses.  It is a call to arms to the disenfranchised and disillusioned.

War, chaos, and brutality run amok.  What has become of our culture?  What purpose does the artist serve in this terrified and terrifying age?  Where are the voices of dissent?

Here's one.
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Outrage with mainstream American culture fuels this crackling, darkly comic debut. Set largely in Cincinnati, Ohio, this "thrash novel" critiques and satirizes contemporary culture as it jumpily follows a motley crew of characters existing on society's fringes, where the sins of the mainstream are most powerfully felt. Members of the vivid cast include Caroline Powell, a world-weary publicist reduced to representing the likes of Joey Spitfire, the jailed creator of an underground zine called Psychobilly Freakout!; Jeff Mican, an artist whose works are so disturbing they induce vomiting; D'antre Philips, aka Daddy Molotov, multiple felon and author of a YA book called Princess Africa Jones; and Dalton Brackage, a gay, opium-smoking runaway who plans to help a group of American Indians blow up a national monument. At the novel's center is eight-year-old Dawn Mican, Jeff's daughter, who watches with a child's wide eyes the adult chaos around her. With a keenly developed sense of disillusionment and a real talent for capturing the vernacular, Singer leads readers on a raging, rollicking ride through the underbelly of American society, expressing not only genuine frustration with the immorality of the dominant culture, but also lamenting the absence of easy answers. As Dawn says, "It's really hard to know what's right. What if nothing is?" (July) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781440553868
  • Publisher: Tyrus Books
  • Publication date: 7/28/2011
  • Pages: 218
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.46 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 24, 2012

    I thought this book was terrible! I usually stick with a book

    I thought this book was terrible! I usually stick with a book and attempt to read on even if I'm not getting into it. It almost immediately started out with sex and some bad language. I can deal with a little bit of both if I must,but thiswas just ridiculous. I can't believe that every character, even a young girl, has to talk about sex. I wouldn't waste my mo ey if I were you. I'm glad that I only paid .99 cents when I purchased it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 11, 2012

    Awesomely dark and disturbing

    This was a great read. For those who can't stomach uncomfortable, realistic, dark subjects then this book isn't for you. I appreciate the authors ability to confront multiple taboo subjects in a gripping, can't put the book down manner. I read this in one day but will be thinking about it for days to come.

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