Is Epstein a despicable man?
He's certainly trying desperately at something. When his wife disappears he's frantic to talk to his daughter. But what can he tell her? There must be a reason and he's all but sure about the gruesome answer. Can he protect Sylvia from the truth, from her terrible lineage and, ultimately, from himself?
Off-beat and sordid, The Blood Poetry is a twisted, yet honest look at our desire to connect with others and the ways in which we are often stymied by our own efforts to get closer. Epstein is a curious mix of monster and romantic struggling to maintain a shred of dignity in his dingy, beat down world.
“From some forgotten box under Patrick Bateman's bed comes this rat rod of a novel: ragged, supercharged and wildly inappropriate…The main pervert's agony would be harrowing if it didn't also happen to be very funny.”
—Grace Krilanovich, author of The Orange Eats Creeps
“Pitts-Gonzalez tears apart what we know of structure and character, narrative and theme … has brought to us his vision and his is uncompromisingly surreal and vicious in its value of entertainment.”
—Shock Horror
«The Blood Poetry is a brilliant, brutal assault of a novel — raw, twisted, and compulsively readable.»
—Shelf Unbound
“Horror writing that is as it should be: penetrating deep into the psyche, so much so that it changes how you look at the world. We think it will go down as a classic.”
—Farley's Bookshop
