" A] wry and unnerving story of bad love gone rotten. Mohr] has
a generous understanding of his characters, whom he describes with
an intelligence and sensitivity that pulls you in. This is no small
achievement."
-"The New York Times Book Review" (Editor's Choice)
"Similar to Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment" the most
crucial action serves as a portal to and wellspring for the various
psychologies of its characters. But Mohr's storytelling is so
absorbing that "Termite Parade" does not read like an analytical
rumination; if he is examining the very nature of these characters
under a microscope, he at least lets the specimens speak for
themselves."
--"San Francisco Chronicle"
""Termite Parade" is a sucker punch to literary complacency,
without a hint of authorial self-absorption. Mohr is a
post-millennial Bukowski with a dash of Hubert Selby, Jr. thrown in
for good measure, and with only two published novels under his
belt, he is rapidly becoming one of my favorite American
novelists."
-"Powell's Review-A-Day"
"Termite Parade" is the follow-up to Joshua Mohr's "San
Francisco Chronicle" bestselling first novel - and one of "O, The
Oprah Magazine's" '10 Terrific Reads of 2009' - "Some Things That
Meant the World to Me."
"Termite Parade" tells the story of Mired, the self-described
"bastard daughter of a menage a trois between Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
Sylvia Plath, and Eeyore." Mired catalogs her "museum of emotional
failures," the latest entry to which is her boyfriend Derek, an
auto mechanic (whose body may or may not be infested with
termites), who loses his cool carrying her up the stairs to their
apartment.
As Derek's termites wreak havoc on his nervous system, Mired
pieces together the puzzle, each character revealing aspects of
their savage natures, culminating in a climax of pure animal
chaos.
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