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#1 AMAZON BESTSELLER (Absurdist Fiction, Kindle Store) • #1 AMAZON NEW RELEASE (Humorous Dark Comedy, Kindle Store) • #1 AMAZON NEW RELEASE (Absurdist Fiction, Kindle Store) •Meet Puchy Mushkin, the hero of this “fast-paced phantasmagoric satire of a debauched contemporary LA…” (1) who “vows to live a life devoid of want…” (2) while thrusting himself into “the wildest situations and transgressions in a carnivalesque Los Angeles.” (2)
This novel is “often uproarious,“(2) “delightfully wicked, outrageous…" (3) “brilliantly written and very funny.” (1)
Puchy Mushkin is a big dreamer and an even bigger loser whose spectacular failure as a human being is exceeded only by the enormity of his penis.
In the depths of his despair, Puchy has an epiphany: could the endless series of screw-ups that define his existence be the result of his overwhelming desire for success?
To test his theory and, hopefully, change his fate, Puchy vows to banish all dreams, goals, aims, ambitions, and obsessions from his life except one: to assassinate desire itself and hang it by its feet like Mussolini.
What follows is the hilariously dark, raunchy, and irreverent tale of one man’s twisted war with himself—an anti-story about an anti-hero whose only motivation is to have no motivation at all.
Will Puchy succeed in his quest to conquer desire? Or will desire get him first? Grab your copy of The Tyranny of Desire TODAY to find out.
(1) Robert Grossmith, Author of the Empire of Lights (2) Booklife by Publishers Weekly (3) Readers’ Favorite
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"Simply a blast to read.”
— Readers' Favorite
"A ribald and incisive provocation... riotously bawdy!”
— Booklife by Publishers Weekly
”...Shallman seems eager to challenge readers' senses of decency whenever possible... a lively but profane comic tale.“
— Kirkus Reviews
“Filled with droll humor, quick-witted dialogue, and colorful characters, the narrative keeps you in stitches and rarely allows your attention to waver...”
— Readers' Favorite
“Readers who relish irreverent literary play will be rewarded with insight and challenges to convention.”
—Booklife by Publishers Weekly
“A shocking, sensationalist, satire of contemporary US culture…“
—Readers’ Choice
“…In the spirit of the norm-shattering, can-you-top-this? sexually frank comic novels of a generation ago, with a welcome queer edge…”
—Booklife by Publishers Weekly
“ If you're looking for a good laugh, don't miss out on this one."
— Readers' Favorite
Morty Shallman's The Tyranny of Desire is a laugh-out-loud “work of comedic genius” (The Book Whisperer) that's perfect for fans of John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces), Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita), Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-Five), Joseph Heller (Catch-22), Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), and Philip Roth (Portnoy's Complaint).
