The Alphabet Man

About this book

"America loves a murder and I am a murderous American " observes Clyde Wayne Franklin who is considered by many to be the foremost poet in America. No ordinary killer he is equal parts writer obsessive lover alcoholic moralist ex-con clown and butcher. The Alphabet Man is the story of his ruthless search for carnal love and spiritual redemption as he moves through the underworld of Washington D.C. a sadistic landscape peopled by drug dealers prostitutes and assassins-for-hire. Part thriller part psychological and linguistic masterpiece Grossmans explosive fiction convinces us that if there is a pure poetry in the modern world it must be rooted in madness prophecy and bloodshed.