Ports of Hell

by Johnny Strike

Ports of Hell tells the story of Jamie Coates, a young man who falls in with Elias who claims to be from Lemuria. On Elias' instructions, Coates travels to Thailand and Mexico, and later Hawaii and Sri Lanka, acquiring brutal enemies and caught in a struggle that threatens his sanity and life. Conspiracy themes and the picaresque are in play throughout.

A writer first and foremost, Johnny Strike is a founding member of the seminal punk band Crime.

"Just got around to reading the pages you sent and was agreeably -surprised . . . these are real maps of real places."-William Burroughs

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Gary John Bassett known as Johnny Strike, was an American writer, mostly known as songwriter, guitarist and singer of the proto-punk band Crime based in San Francisco.[

Reviews

[Nix · Rating 2 out of 5]

unfair to say that I read this 'this year' when I couldn't bring myself to read the last 20 pages of this book for several months. the author is alright at setting a scene but a lot of the book just felt like Scene Setting and the main character like a vehicle to experience More Scenes. Jamie was such a boring passive character I did not care about him at all and I cared about all the others about as much. I have no idea what the protagonists OR antagonists were trying to achieve, maybe it was explained but my eyes glazed over it beside its all just so BORING. some actual interesting shit happens in the last like 15 pages but it's way too little way too late. the ending was dumb too