"A visceral dispatch from the 'waking death' of the modern landscape."

In Weirdo: A Work of Fiction, Damion Hamilton presents a raw, unfiltered autopsy of the human condition. Set against the industrial backdrop of the Midwest—from the grey winters of Hazelwood to the humid, heavy air of North County—these stories explore the friction of the outsider navigating a world of interchangeable parts.

Drawing from the tradition of Hubert Selby Jr. and the psychological depth of William Saroyan, Hamilton chronicles the "slow-motion war" of survival. This isn't a book about climbing ladders; it's a book about the vertigo of the bottom rung. It is a survival guide for the socially inept, a manifesto for the hypersensitive, and a haunting look at the beauty and horror found on the Metrolink and the warehouse floor.

For the fans of Cherry and Last Exit to Brooklyn, this is the truth of the grind.