Fiend: A Novel

Crown Publishing Group, 7-09. First edition, as stated. Hardback. Very Good/fair. the book naked, is in good shape corners are good spinewell attached bit of bumping T/B at the spine looks to be lightly read edges of pages are clean small wrinkle. However the dust jacket is not in great shape at the folds it has chipping wearing staining small rips it's what I would term torn tattered there are some pictures of it that show,Ruth Reaser.LAX Vespa Books and rags a first edition, by relatively new author. The story Chase Daniels first sees the little girl in umbrella socks tearing open a Rottweiler, he's not too concerned. He's no stranger to horrifying, drug-fueled hallucinations. longtime meth addict But as he and his fellow junkies soon discover, the little girl is no illusion. The end of the world really has arrived. Chase's life was over long before the apocalypse got here, reduced to a stinking basement apartment and a filthy mattress and an endless grind of buying and selling and using lying,cheated and stolen and broken his parents' hearts a thousand times. Any shot at sobriety gone, a long time ago, beyond any normal hopes of redemption...well, maybe the end of the world is an opportunity. Maybe it's a last chance for Chase to hit restart and become the man he once dreamed of being. Soon he's fighting to reconnect with his lost love and dreaming of being her hero among civilization's ruins. But is salvation,another pipe dream? Fiend is at once a riveting portrait of addiction, a pitch-black love story, and a meditation on hope, redemption, and delusion--not to mention one hell of a zombie novel...about the author,PETER STENSON received his MFA from Colorado State University in 2012. His stories and essays have been published in The Sun, The Bellevue Literary Review, The Greensboro Review, Confrontation, Post Road, Fugue, Harpur Palate, The Pinch, Blue Mesa Review, and elsewhere. He is also a recovering addict and has been sober for 10 years. He lives with his wife and daughter in Denver. Title Fiend: A Novel Author Peter Stenson Publisher Random House LLC, 2013 ISBN 0770436315, 9780770436315 Length 295 pages Subjects Fiction Horror Fiction, literary, tweakers, methamphetamines, fiction,end of the world, crystal meth addict. Ruth Reaser LAX Vespa Books and rags-Buying used books is the green way to recycle,, read,gift,explore..Since I am not a thrift shop, have no minions, am not a megastore, my books are priced so after everyone else gets theirs, I make it least a small profit to cover my time, and costs and efforts. Sometimes an amazingly small profit..Pictures included for your review – aid decision process--Ruth Reaser..LAXVespa Los Angeles /Culver City-sent media mail –- questions can be answered via customer service phone or customer emailing message services -gift delivery instructions-alternative expedited deliveries need to be requested & adjusted price wise...