Waste

Andrew F. Sullivan
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Andrew F. Sullivan
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  • Published date: Mar 18, 2016
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 256
  • Publisher: Dzanc Books
  • ISBN: 9781938103407
  • Dimensions: 8.11" W x 0.67" L x 8.5" H
Andrew F. Sullivan is from Oshawa, ON. His debut short story collectionAll We Want is Everything (ARP Books, 2013) was one ofThe Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2013. Sullivan no longer spends his days handling raw meat, boxes of liquor or used video games.Waste is his first novel.
"Waste is a brutal, mesmeric debut novel."
—The Globe & Mail

"<><> is a rollicking, offensive, and genuinely enjoyable ride."
—Toronto Star

“Breathtakingly violent,Waste blurs the lines between crime fiction, noir, and literary horror. It is bloody, scuzzy, and leaves a gritty aftertaste of authenticity and dark humour.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Sullivan’s bile gives the story a definite grisly appeal and is guaranteed to make you feel better about wherever you happen to live.”
—The Walrus

"Waste offers a visceral reminder of the forces that keep people overwhelmed by inertia, stagnant and unable to act in their own best interests."
—Lit Reactor

Waste is an insightful gut-punch to the soul for any reader tough enough to take it.”
—Alternating Current

"Depressing, depraved, dirty."
—Library Bound

"No shortage of dirt here: this is suburban Canadian Cringe-Lit at its finest."
—Foreword Reviews

“[T]he writing is adrenalin-laced, with a strong sense of the absurd.”
—Heavy Feather Review

"The same tone of brutality and hilarity that Harry Crews created in A Feast of Snakes."
—The Solute

“Like a Canadian version of the rough south depicted in the novels of Larry Brown and Harry Crews.”
—The Winnipeg Review

"In some of the sharpest prose anyone is writing today, Andrew F. Sullivan vividly brings to life some of the most damaged and sorrowful characters ever encountered in fiction. Mark my words,Waste is going to be considered one of the best books of the year." —Donald Ray Pollock, author ofKnockemstiff andThe Devil All The Time

"Balancing tenderness and brutality in the palm of his hand, Andrew F. Sullivan has carved out his own category to capture the ugliness of the world, his words always in search and service of some beating heart beneath the dirt. WithWaste, Sullivan's deft prose hammers out a harsh, hard-fought harmony that compels you to sit down and listen." —Miriam Toews, author ofAll My Puny Sorrows andA Complicated Kindness

"An unflinching, black-hearted story told with relentless, straight-razor prose.Waste, Andrew F. Sullivan's brilliantly concussive new novel, reminds me most of a literary cage match: busted, doomed characters tumbled together with no hope of escape—and it all makes for one hell of a show." —Michael Christie, author ofIf I Fall, If I Die

"Waste is the unholy amalgam of Pollack'sThe Devil All the Time, Selby'sLast Exit to Brooklyn, and the films of Harmony Korine. Andrew Sullivan has written a scorcher. This book is riotously alive, pulsing with bad intentions—and veryvery dangerous." —Craig Davidson, author ofCataract City andRust and Bone

"Waste is an insightful gut-punch to the soul for any reader tough enough to take it." —Lit Reactor

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