num_pages: 146
description: Kevin Maloney alchemizes the allure of dicey friendships hallucinatory sex and a drug so terrifying Im heartbroken Ill never get to try it. Cult of Loretta captures the manic fury of Richard Brautigan writing a sequel to The Outsiders during a ketamine binge.- Jim Ruland author of Forest of FortuneI havent read a book this great this funny this original this emotional this bonkers in quite some time. Its a little like Bukowski and Sam Lipsyte and the drug scene in Beavis and Butthead Do America all smashed together but also completely and totally Kevin Maloney.- Aaron Burch author of BackswingCult of Loretta is a hot dose of pleasure. It whistles with the wit of Brautigan stings with the heart of badly dissolved romance. If a modern day mountain man came out of the wilderness with a story in his eye this might be the thing hed tell. Kevin Maloney is that kind of treasurea wild thing thats come in from the war of life lived to tell the tale.- Brian Allen Carr author of The Last Horror Novel in the History of the WorldCult of Loretta is a book about a man named Nelson who gets his ass kicked over and over again by the world and his heart pulverized over and over by the same enigmatic woman. Its about what happens to love when both halves of a couple are whacked out on the most powerful drug of all time. Its about the tragedies that parents can make for us and the tragedies we make for ourselves. Kevin Maloney is an exceptional talent someone capable of weaving all of these nasty little ingredients into something that is as tender as it is bleak something that makes you laugh out loud as it rips open your skin and pulls out your veins.- Juliet Escoria author of Black CloudKevin Maloney drags the lake of our subconscious revealing the often startling but always mesmerizing grit that becomes human memory. Cult of Loretta is an impressive debut a confident showcase of an exciting new literary talent.- Michael J Seidlinger author of The Fun Weve Had
language: English
title: Cult of Loretta
publisher: Lazy Fascist Press