Sick In The Head

by Philip LoPresti

Disturbing nonfiction by poet and photographer Philip LoPresti.

Limited to 50 copies.

34 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2015

About the author

Philip LoPresti is an author and photographer living in upstate New York. His work is often overtly emotional and thick with themes such as loss, redemption, mental illness, death, grief, and existentialism. When he's not writing or photographing everything he's usually obsessively reading Cormac McCarthy novels, hanging out with his dog and girlfriend, and watching horror, crime, and western films.

Reviews

[Michael Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intensely dark series of vignettes exploring the mind of a serial murderer, rapist, and necrophiliac. Not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach, this book, though brief, does get intensely dark and disturbing. LoPresti's prose is sharp and evocative, and his gaze unflinchingly observant, we see, hear, taste, smell, and feel everything his narrator takes in of the world around him. Recommend for readers of crime drama and horror, or anything found at the intersection of the two.

[Donald Armfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

A disturbing tale of a man who recorded his murders on a cassette tape.

Gruesome, disturbing and gross Philip LoPresti's new chapbook is those three words mixed together in a blender. The title alone says it all. Think of Allen Ginsburg writing for Tromaville.

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish Uncle Phil could read this to me every night. It touches me.

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Philip LoPresti is sick in the head. You have to be sick in the head to read a book like this. I must be sick in the head because I enjoyed the hell out of this one!

[Brian O'Connell · Rating 5 out of 5]

...god, this is horrifying.