Futureproof
By (Author) N. Frank Daniels
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
21st April 2009
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
352
Width 134mm, Height 203mm, Spine 21mm
270g
No past. No future. Only now.
Originallya self-publishing successlaunched on N. Frank Daniels's MySpace page,the novelFutureproof tells the storyof Luke and his friends asthey navigate Atlantas subculture of delinquents.In short order, theseemingly harmless high from his first cigarette sendsLuke on adownward spiral that ends only after years of self-abuse. It is anextreme cautionary tale told with sensitivity, ferocity, andgrit.
"Harrowing, gripping, starkly original." -- New York Press
"Be the first on your block to glimpse the future of American fiction - if not the future of America. Lock the doors, load your guns, and let N. Frank Daniels take you straight to a hell you can believe in." -- Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight
"He seems to share punkish DNA with the likes of Irvine Welsh, Paul Westerberg and Bret Easton Ellis" -- Jay McInerney
N. Frank Daniels was born in Philadelphia, raised in Atlanta, and educated in Kentucky. He recently coedited the anthology Santi: Lives of Modern Saints. He lives in Nashville.