"Silverfish is elegant and compelling with echoes of Gibson, Dick, and Mieville, but it's entirely its own thing. Hobie Anthony is an author of exhilarating originality and unsettling vision."- Barry Graham, author of The Book of Man and When It All Comes Down to DustThis was among the best books I read in 2017. It is constantly moving, very engaging. Besides the brilliance of the irony of a seedy, dark story being set in Portland, Oregon, the characters are fascinating, such that you can feel empathy for them while you shake your head, entertained or horrified. The rapid short sentences give the story a constant vangoghian vibration. I have never tried cocaine or acid, but I could experience it vicariously through the restlessness of the persons in the story. The structure of the narrative offers various surprises. It is ultramodern yet not pretentiously avant-garde. In among the simple-worded short sentences, there are gems of expressive beauty, like: "My consciousness rattles around like a maid in a mansion." Highly recommended!- Travis Chaney
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