The Siege of Gresham

by Ray Murphy

A bunch of Portland drunks are on a mission... and this time it's war. Their dark and perilous campaign ceaselessly picks up speed until it takes on a runaway life of its own, transformed by a desperate once paralyzed rage burns down a bookstore (Powells) and hijacks a commuter train; isolation and fear force bloody encounters with skinheads, crips, and postal workers. A history of long-disappointed desire becomes a symphony of lurid and hilarious catharsis, building relentlessly to a dizzying conclusion.

134 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1997

About the author

Ray Murphy graduated from Georgetown University and has worked on daily newspapers in Portland OR, Everett WA and Long Beach CA. But through most of his checkered career, in a blur of Western Cities, he's been doomed to sell: bonds, advertising on the back of grocery receipts, lease-purchase agreements, magazine advertising, magazine subscriptions, and that most dreaded gig in the whole racket, math books to nuns. TriQuarterly and Poet Lore have published his poetry. His novels, SIEGE OF GRESHAM (AK Press) and EMPIRE & VICTORY (self-published) are available on Amazon.

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