Fog: A Novel of Desire and Reprisal
Sex is violence and passion is pain in Mann's relentlessly brutal yet irrepressibly romantic short novel. From first page to last, except for a redemptive epilogue, this pitch-perfect erotic novel epitomizes a thriller genre known as torture porn, though the poetry of Mann's prose imbues even the most intense scenes with tender moments. --Richard Labonte'sBook Marks: ''My 10 Favorite Fiction Reads of 2011''Mann, whose Lambda Literary Award winning reputation rests on a volume of short fiction,A History of Barbed Wire, as well as several collections of poetry and essays comes up a winner with this, his first novel. Its set-up is similar to the novella which endsBarbed Wire, ''The Quality of Mercy,'' but he takesFogin a much different direction as well as using the longer form to explore the aftermath of the kidnapping and its effect on the victim as well as his captor....Fogis a deftly crafted, fine thriller with lots of kink a perfect appetizer for Mann's forthcoming Civil War novel,Purgatory.--Out in PrintJeff Mann'sFogis brutally sexy, crossing that liminal space where sensuality and cruelty meet and mingle over and over again. A breathtaking and deeply erotic tale of violence, lust and above all, a loving passion that makes you ache in sympathy. Simply fantastic. --J.C. Herneson, author ofSpring of the Stag GodMann, whose Lambda Literary Award winning reputation rests on a volume of short fiction,A History of Barbed Wire, as well as several collections of poetry and essays comes up a winner with this, his first novel. Its set-up is similar to the novella which endsBarbed Wire, ''The Quality of Mercy,'' but he takesFogin a much different direction as well as using the longer form to explore the aftermath of the kidnapping and its effect on the victim as well as his captor....Fogis a deftly crafted, fine thriller with lots of kink a perfect appetizer for Mann's forthcoming Civil War novel,Purgatory.--Out in PrintJeff Mann'sFogis brutally sexy, crossing that liminal space where sensuality and cruelty meet and mingle over and over again. A breathtaking and deeply erotic tale of violence, lust and above all, a loving passion that makes you ache in sympathy. Simply fantastic. --J.C. Herneson, author ofSpring of the Stag God