Corrosion

A mysterious Iraq war veteran with a horribly scarred face...A disturbed young man in a strange mountain town...A masked preacher with a terrible secret...Amidst a firestorm of violence betrayal and horror their three worlds will eventually collide in an old mining shack buried deep in the mountains. Corrosion the shattering debut novel by Jon Bassoff is equal parts Jim Thompson Flannery OConnor and William Faulkner and an unforgettable journey into the underbelly of crime and passion. Drawn from the darkest corners of the human experience it is sure to haunt readers for years to come. Praise for CORROSION: Bassoff confronts directly the traumatic stress disorder of our world today and tears off its mask even if the face must follow. -New York MagazineCorrosion is a beautifully bleak noir novel that stretches the boundaries of the genre to its breaking point. A virtuoso performance by the terrific Jon Bassoff. -Jason Starr international bestselling author of The CravingLike some unholy spawn of Cormac McCarthys Child of God and Donald Ray Pollocks The Devil All the Time Corrosion offers pungent writing a cast of irresistibly damaged characters and a narrative thats as twisted and audacious as any I have read in a long while. A dark gem. -Roger Smith author of Dust DevilsSharp original fierce a real gut-ripper. Corrosion is one of the most startlingly original and unsettling novels Ive read in ages. It ramps your pulse it claws at your sweet spot. Bassoff has a career ahead of him brightly lit by a very bad star. -Tom Piccirilli author of the Edgar Award-nominated novel The Cold SpotImagine Chuck Palahniuk filtered through Tarantino speak blended with an acidic Jim Thompson and a book that cries out to be filmed by David Lynch then you have a flavor of Corrosion. The debut novel from the unique Jon Bassoff begins a whole new genre: Corrosive Noir. -Ken Bruen Shamus Award-winning author of The GuardsJon Bassoff gives new meaning to the phrase Hell on earth in his debut novel Corrosion. Its a harrowing page-turning tale of lost misplaced and mangled identity that barrels its way to breakdowns and showdowns of literal and figurative biblical proportions. -Lynn Kostoff author of Late RainJon Bassoffs stream of conscious novel sports Faulkner-like as this dark tale is told in first person timelines. It will grip and engage and ultimately leave you shaken to the core. Not for the tenderhearted... not no way not no how. Corrosion is the tale of a man on a mission from God... or is it the Devil? Dare to find out. -Charlie Stella author of Johnny PornoTalk about a book starting one way and then springing something on you...[Bassoffs Corrosion] is dark and funny and sick a book as much about identity as it is about crime. -Bill Crider author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series Corrosion is a fever dream a lucid nightmare. It is at once poetic and brutal; hypnotic and vicious; empathetic and heartless. It is the most effective kind of horror-the kind you believe. Reading it is a deeply uncomfortable experience in the best possible way. -Marcus Sakey author of The Two Deaths of Daniel HayesAn archetypal nightmare journey down a hall of mirrors. Corrosion will burn your eyeballs. Keeps you reading relentlessly to the end. -Jonathan Woods author of A Death in Mexico