Chum

Mark Spitzer is genius. Chum's message is deep and hidden under a steaming pile of bile and goo; and he forces you to dig through it to find it. This is the most skillful writing of any author living. Kudos Mr. Spitzer, my chum, my chummy chummy chum.

You will want to take a shower after reading Chum, and you might even need a support group. Roughly based on a play by Celine, author of Death on the Installment Plan, Chum drags us laughing through the lust, murder, and rape that the inhabitants of a small fishing village in the Bering Sea call recreation. Spitzer is a shockingly good student of human nature, and maybe that's why he can make us laugh at this stuff. Not haw haw academic "how clever" laughter. I mean really laugh as he spins his tale in the language of nasty porno and exploitation movies. Spitzer writes in American. Be afraid.