{"product_id":"9781636284651","title":"Kill Dick: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e#25 in Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost Anticipated Book of 2026 by LIT HUB and PLAYBOY, and featured in the NEW YORK POST'S “31 Page-Turning New Thrillers to Read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-Writer of the films CAUSEWAY and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEILEEN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecipient of the prestigious Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and Joan Scott Memorial Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Marked by deliberate instability, the ambitious satirical novel\u003ci\u003e Kill Dick\u003c\/i\u003e skewers contemporary literary seriousness even as it participates in it.\"—\u003ci\u003eForeword \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wild plan to disrupt a big Hollywood awards show, a scheme to assassinate a medical business mogul who has made money off pain and addiction, and the ever-widening gap between the ultra wealthy and the destitute.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Molly Lambert, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fever dream, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKill Dick \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a literary thriller that plunges into the chaos of Los Angeles, where addiction, privilege, and corruption combust. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt nineteen, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: she’s an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie’s ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father’s ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen there’s Peter Holiday, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it’s almost admirable. When their lives collide, Susie and Peter are dragged into a web of privilege, corruption, and violence, where every escape leads deeper into the rot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDark, satirical, and razor-sharp, \u003ci\u003eKill Dick \u003c\/i\u003eis a modern literary thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth, exploitation, and the perilous line between survival and self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43213360463933,"sku":"9781636284651","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781636284651_p0.jpg?v=1779280865","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781636284651","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}