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Violence
Some
Violence is implied and glimpsed in fragments rather than depicted graphically
Language
Some
Strong language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Some sexual content in the protagonist's memories
Substance Use
Very heavy
Methamphetamine manufacturing and addiction are the novel's central subject
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Identity dissolution, paranoia, and the psychological ravages of addiction
What this book is about
A man wakes in a jail cell with no memory of how he got there. He knows only that he was a chemist involved in drug manufacturing, and that something went terribly wrong. As he reconstructs his past through fragmented memories, the truth about obsession, addiction, and identity emerges. Clevenger's hallucinatory noir is a descent into chemical dependency and paranoia.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Heavy drug use and manufacturing (meth)
Identity and memory collapse
Noir darkness
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