Better
By (Author) John O'Brien
Akashic Books,U.S.
Akashic Books,U.S.
10th September 2009
United States
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
198
Width 152mm, Height 203mm
235g
Within the walls of a foreboding mansion situated in the hills overlooking Los Angeles, the suave Double Felix plays host to an array of beautiful women as well as his unlikely sidekick William. The mysterious patriarch grants his live-in guests every wish while asking nothing in return. But the ongoing torpor is upset by the house's newest arrival, a stunning young woman named Laurie, with whom both Double Felix and William become hopelessly smitten - and hidden tensions soon begin to spiral out of control.
John O'Brien was born in 1960 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to Los Angeles in 1982 with then-wife Lisa. During his lifetime, he was a busboy, file clerk, and coffee roaster, but writing was his true calling. He committed suicide in April 1994 at age 33.