And that's just the first twenty pages. Among the subsequent insanity, Elaine is drawn into a lesbian encounter with a Stepford-wife neighbor and Paul begins having phone sex with his friend's latest girlfriend. These are mixed up people Homes is writing about. Drugged, confused children in middle aged bodies, whose lives are spinning dangerously out of control. Life behind the freshly painted siding of subdivisions is revealed with black humor, without apology or explanation.
Homes reveals and provokes, leaving readers captivated by an utterly creepy read.
In her writing we find moments of clarity in the least suspected places. Music for Torching is a savagely funny read, both unnerving and irresistible.