Acid Green Velvet
In the surreal, class-riven town of late 19th-century Anzar, Paulette schemes to marry into the wealthy Hasley family to secure her status. Her plans are jeopardized when her former accomplice Kenneth returns with a dark secret from their violent past involving her menacing father.
Pre-order bookMeticulously realized and yet brazenly fresh, Acid Green Velvet is a marvel of character and situation. Krilanovich writes unlike any other writer.
With lavishly tactile prose, the amazing Krilanovich returns with a sweeping and vibrant novel that is part thriller, part Western, part philosophy, part poem, all of it further showcasing her vast intelligence and capacity to immerse us in a world and time.
I can't get over how good this book is. Mix one shot Steinbeck with three each of Kathy Acker, Georges Bataille, and Voltairine de Cleyre, shake, strain through a hobo's sock, douse with glowing green absinthe, and light the whole thing on fire -- it still won't be as intoxicatingly funny, smart, sexy, and marvelously weird as Acid Green Velvet. Grace Krilanovich writes with ferocity, bottomless courage, and unfailing soul.