{"product_id":"kill-dick-9781636284651","title":"Kill Dick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e FOURTEEN STORIES, NONE OF THEM ARE YOURS, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCO-WRITER of the films CAUSEWAY and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEILEEN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRECIPIENT OF PRESTIGIOUS RONALD SUKENICK INNOVATIVE FICTION PRIZE AND JOAN SCOTT MEMORIAL FICTION AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost Anticipated Book of 2026 by LIT HUB and PLAYBOY, and featured in the NEW YORK POST'S \"31 Page-Turning New Thrillers to Read.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Marked by deliberate instability, the ambitious satirical novel\u003cem\u003e Kill Dick\u003c\/em\u003e skewers contemporary literary seriousness even as it participates in it.\" --\u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fever dream, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKill Dick \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eis a literary thriller that plunges into the chaos of Los Angeles, where addiction, privilege, and corruption combust. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt nineteen, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: she's an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie's ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father's ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there's Peter Holiday, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it's almost admirable. When their lives collide, Susie and Peter are dragged into a web of privilege, corruption, and violence, where every escape leads deeper into the rot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark, satirical, and razor-sharp, \u003cem\u003eKill Dick \u003c\/em\u003eis a modern literary thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth, exploitation, and the perilous line between survival and self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuke Goebel\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed author and screenwriter celebrated for his unflinching honesty and innovative storytelling. A recipient of the prestigious Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and the Joan Scott Memorial Fiction Award, his debut novel, \u003cem\u003eFourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours\u003c\/em\u003e, garnered critical acclaim for its innovative and precisely lyrical, profoundly resonant exploration of love, grief, and the restless search for identity. Goebel also co-wrote \u003cem\u003eEileen\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Anne Hathaway and McKenzie Thompson, and \u003cem\u003eCauseway\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry (who received an Oscar nomination for his performance). He is known as well as his role as co-editor at \u003cem\u003eThe New York Tyrant \u003c\/em\u003eand work with Tyrant Books\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eHe lives in Portland, OR with his wife, fellow author Ottessa Moshfegh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52176285270290,"sku":"9781636284651","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf35f1d3-f829-466b-896d-7ab4f816d88c.jpg?v=1775561981","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kill-dick-9781636284651","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}