The Tyranny of Desire

Meet Puchy Mushkin, the hero of this "fast-paced phantasmagoric satire of a debauched contemporary LA..." (1) who "vows to live a life devoid of want..." (2) while thrusting himself into "the wildest situations and transgressions in a carnivalesque Los Angeles." (2)

This novel is "often uproarious,"(2) "delightfully wicked, outrageous..." (3) "brilliantly written and very funny." (1)

Puchy Mushkin will be the first to tell you: he has talent, intelligence, and ambition to spare. And yet, desp...