This novel's vibe is Bret Easton Ellis meets Donnie Darko
Once upon a time, that might have served as a description of Clune. The American writer is best known for his addiction memoir, White Out (2013), which drew the praise of fashionable authors such as Ben Lerner, Lauren Groff and Maggie Nelson. Indeed, his account of his heroin years was so lyrical that one critic wondered if it actually made the case for taking smack. 'Dope never gets old for addicts,' Clune wrote. 'It never looks old. It never looks like something I've seen before. It always looks like nothing I've ever seen.'
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