Book Review : Brian Alan Ellis - Failure Pie in a Sadness Face (2017)
“If pop culture is the connective tissue of a society raised on mass media, the world of Brian Alan Ellis is a forgotten subterranean kingdom that lies under a metropolitan city. It’s filled with wonders from the past and problems from the present. Ellis’ books are becoming can’t miss literature for me. I enjoy his work because it shows a playful self-awareness that’s hard to find in the age of social media [and] what makes [him] more interesting than [your] run-of-the-mill white guy writing about his life is that he doesn’t try to draw a greater meaning from it. He doesn’t see a potential to live up to and doesn’t feel entitled to a better situation.”
Benoit Lelievre gives a thoughtful review of my latest story collection, FAILURE PIE IN A SADNESS FACE, over at Dead End Follies
Available now at houseofvlad.bigcartel.com
