Decomposition (Paperback)

by J., Eric Miller (Author), Susannah Breslin (Epilogue) "George was a good boyfriend and I didn't kill him; but I broke his heart..." (more)
Key Phrases: Danny Boy, Kimberly Barnes, New Orleans (more...)

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If you feel like experiencing the darker side of obsession, this could very well be the book for you. -- Jasmina Vallombrosa, TCM Reviews

Product Description
The good boyfriend, George, is waiting in Seattle, only he doesn't know she's coming. That bad boyfriend, Jack, is dead in the trunk of the car. Talk about bringing your old baggage into your next relationship... That is, if she makes it. Hurricane Katrina is at her heels, and though she thinks she knows how this fairy tale ends, there are no guarantees on this yellow brick road-trip. Her mind is deteriorating as quickly as Jack's body.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Ephemera Bound Publishing (March 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977100383
• ISBN-13: 978-0977100385
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,356,156 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sex, Mustangs, and Decomposing Men, April 19, 2006

By	Charlie Bangs (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Decomposition is the truth about men and women taken to its most morbid outcome. At first, it drives the reader by sick curiousity to peer into this woman's trunk, which is holding her ex-boyfriend's corpse, and into her decomposing psyche. Decomposition draws on themes of the need to possess disguised as love or lust, and the freedom that comes from destruction. The protagonist, even in her most depraved states, is relatable and even loveable. We're taken, willingly or not, to the limits of disgusting human capability because of a shared understanding that what we want, and even need, is not always what is 'good' for us.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars like an extension of one of his short stories, April 20, 2006

By	David Sampson "david" (david) - See all my reviews

Like Miller's Animal Rights and Porngoraphy, this disturbed me. The tone is not as dark as that of some of the stories in Animal Rights and Porngraphy, but the subject matter is certainly similiar (a lot of sex stuff and a little animal stuff--though this time it is an animal doing things to a corpse!) What was disturbing about it was what Miller seems to be tryign to show us about love relationships; I guess I was bothered because I bought into it. It was more satsifying in that we really have time to get to know and empathize with our main character. I also like the idea of the author being male and the book being about a female who has a dead writer named Jack in the truck of her car (makes you wonder what the J stand for in J Eric Miller). Anyway, as with the last of his works, I have trouble recommending it because it gives my mind too much pause on too many unpleasant things, and yet, I found it more than worth it. I'm sure I'll be rereading it again soon, and I don't do that with many books.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miller's finest work to date!, May 12, 2006

By	Chandler Gauntt - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Decomposition" is by far J. Eric Miller's best work yet. His "Animal Rights and Pornography" collection of short stories was only a glimpse of his truly remarkable storytelling. With "Decomposition" we see Miller at his best. The story's pace never falters as the reader is pulled into the mind of the tale's protagonist without ever wanting to look back. This was a great read! I definitely recommend this book!
CK Gauntt