E: First and Last Men

by Charles Brownson

An eccentric and superannuated art detective discovers a long-missing painting smashed beside a highway. Against a background of climatic disaster, with a permanent sandstorm a mile deep forming in the desert, C John Mackinaw finds himself entangled with two cults of the Latter Days. When C John disappears, his daughter Zack is called in to clean up. Out of print.

110 pages, Paperback

First published November 20, 2009

About the author

Ocotillo Arts Press publishes my work and some others -- a list comprising science fiction, crime fiction, literary novels, memoirs, a book on the detective as a cultural icon, and many small works downloadable for free.

I began as a novelist and writer of short stories and published two books and some 25 stories in those years. In the mid-90s I turned to making handmade books in editions of one or two, using my own writings, art, paper, design, printing, and binding. Some of these books can be found on my website http://ocotilloarts.com where you can also download such things as a book about artists books (Now the Artists Book Now) and a fragment of a walking tour of 1950 Paris. The text of my novels can be purchased as e-books either through the website http://ocotilloarts.com or from any of the usual sources. Print books are available from Amazon and other sources.. On the website you will also find a link to my blog, where bits of my novels are occasionally published along with remarks on a variety of topics. There are, however, no cat videos.