Product Description
New York City animator Kevin Nelson likes to drink cheap booze, have sex and wander the seedy streets of the East Village. He also likes power. It's the latter that eventually brings him down... Crashing out in the Alphabets opens with a glimpse of life in New York through Kevin's increasingly sick eyes. He meets Lucy Brown, a crack whore; their bond is booze, drugs and vicious sex. When she dies of a cocaine overdose, Kevin is crushed. Lucy's death sends Kevin into a tailspin. He walks the streets with her ashes in a plastic baggie, he tries to fish in the filthy East River, he does a stint in the drunk tank. Through it all, though, he manages to keep his standards high at Cartoon City, the animation company where he works. But slowly he tires of his bosses and their control. He wants to rule the show at Cartoon City, he wants to make his own short film, and he wants nothing to stand in his way. Booze-addled, he begins killing his way to the top. His first boss t! akes a bullet in the head during an afternoon jog. The replacement is done in by horse tranquilizers in her coffee. Kevin is reaching his goals, but his mind is fraying. And just when he needs what's left of his sanity to pull off his murderous jag, two new characters enter his life: Sarah, a red-headed beauty he thinks is his salvation, and Bill, a co-worker with reasons to bring Kevin down. With both in tow and a 40 oz. of malt liquor in hand, Kevin careens toward his destruction...
About the Author
At the tender age of 28, Garrett Diamond has already experimented – for good or ill -- with a vast array of artistic endeavors, including painting, sculpture, writing and music. His work, he says, “portrays the maddening things that one sees during the beginnings of life.” His music “depicts both the outcast’s view of life and the dark cascade of truth.” His writing unmasks the soul within us all. His artwork has had showings at the CVS Cultural Center, the Elizabeth, N.J. Public Library, The Tunnel, and Tompkins Square Art Around The Park. He has given musical performances at Border’s Books and Music, Cafe Della Pace and CSV Cultural Center and has appeared on Queens Cable Public Access. Diamond has had readings at CSV Cultural Center, Bar 13, and Barnes & Nobles Bookstore. His writings and reproductions of his artwork have appeared in Mudfish, Number Foundation Magazine, Rutgers University Review, 12th Planet, Writers Choice, Story Mania and the NY Hangover. Diamo! nd lives in Astoria, Queens. When not selling Tv’s or scribbling on napkins, he can be found drinking Kamikazes in any bar that will serve him.
