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Jamie Mayer

Painless

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Seventeen-year-old Quinn can't feel physical pain. Born with a rare neurological condition, he’s faced accidents and emergency room visits. It's a surprise he's still alive—a fact that has caused him to be left to his own devices for most of his life. No school, no friends, no rules. At the mercy of his older sister Caitlin, who has spent the past few years caring for their dying father, he spends his days drinking at a nearby bar, testing his limits, and working on a graphic novel about a mysterious vigilante called Shadow Man. Lately, though, even his art has taken a turn for the worse. Quinn has created a new character called Demon Boy who destroys everything he touches, and now Quinn can't decide how his book should end. Furthermore, an ominous black dog has started to follow him everywhere.
On the same day his father dies, Quinn accidentally gets hit by a car and Caitlin decides that this is the last straw. Left with the choice to either find a job and grow up or be committed to a rehabilitation center, Quinn takes a gig at a local butcher shop owned by the father of a sensitive but troubled girl who often changes her appearance with the flick of a wrist. But the closer he gets to finding stability, the further he spins out of control, as the lines between art and reality continue to dissipate.
In this debut novel, Jamie Mayer offers an unflinching and poignant look at loss, empathy, and how to grow up without feeling pain.
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170 printed pages
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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    This is one of my favourite books I ever read.

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  • amonikd1994has quoted5 years ago
    “Every mentally healthy person creates art,”
  • Mich Alpizarhas quoted4 years ago
    She said art was anything you did that interpreted the world, something that reached out and communicated to other people
  • Maliah Santiagohas quoted4 years ago
    Hurting yourself—or other people—is just an abstract, intellectual concept that you have to learn to not do;

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