Fields of Asphodel

<p>It's a long way from Grimes to Grundy Center but not nearly so far as to the <em>Afterworld</em> a hellish domain of humanoids of odd sizes ingenious punishments and anti-geometrical houses made of mushrooms. I could walk for miles the vista dissolving behind me. (Ahead I saw </p><p>something too hideous to describe at this particular time.) A place of redemption? For the answer come on in! </p><p><br></p><p>Imagine if Dante's <em>Divine Comedy</em> were actually funny and you'll begin to understand what's going on in Tito Perdue's remarkable novel <em>Fields of Asphodel</em> the journey of elitist misanthrope and cultured thug Lee Pefley through a frozen hell and a postmodern purgatory to the gates of paradise: a reunion with his beloved wife Judy.</p><p class=ql-align-right>-Greg Johnson author of <em>The Trial of Socrates</em></p><p><br></p>