My fourth novel will be available in e-book tomorrow (28 June 2023)! I’m very excited to tell the Dope about it.
It’s called “Cultural Practices of the Heartland”, and here’s the back cover blurb:
Deep within the suburban jungle of Cincinnati, a monster has emerged, bursting out of the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill. Taking its name from its birthplace, Rumpke is a thousand feet tall, has revolting personal habits, and might be vaguely familiar to readers, considering his orange-tinged hair and proportionally tiny hands. What do Americans do when such a creature appears, lumbers around at random, and occasionally defiles a local landmark? For millions, the choice is obvious – worship it.
New York journalist Fred Millard is assigned to report on the exploits of the monster, his bizarre fandom, and the ludicrous internet conspiracy theories that have caught fire since his appearance. Fred quickly learns that the absurdity of Rumpke’s fandom leads to more serious consequences than mere internet hysteria – when serious illness starts to spread in those closest to the monster, its biggest fans refuse to follow the government’s guidance of masking and social distancing, worsening the outbreak. And most appalling of all, one conspiracy theory inspires a violent mob to assemble in Washington, DC and assault a federal building, with deadly results.
A funhouse-mirror reflection of modern American politics, CULTURAL PRACTICES OF THE HEARTLAND is a sci-fi tinged political satire novel. It was written for all of us who are exhausted, baffled, and even terrified by the insanity of American politics in recent times.
Like my last novel “Spindown”, Doper @GuanoLad did the cover art (which I’m very pleased with!).
Amazon and other links below (default is ebook, but you can click over for paperback and hardback depending on the seller):
Cultural Practices of the Heartland - Kindle edition by Crawford, Andy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Cultural Practices of the...
Read "Cultural Practices of the Heartland" by Andy Crawford available from Rakuten Kobo. Deep within the suburban jungle of Cincinnati, a monster has emerged, bursting out of the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill. Taki...
Deep within the suburban jungle of Cincinnati, a monster has emerged, bursting out of the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill. Taking its name from its birthplace, Rumpke is a thousand feet tall, has revolting personal habits, and might be vaguely familiar to...
If you can’t purchase from one of these for some reason, let me know what format you want and I can help you get a copy. Several Dopers contributed their beta-reading efforts, thanks very much to them (and feel free to identify yourselves if you like!), and I think the book is considerably better thanks to their assistance.
Thanks for reading!
Let me just say “congratulations author.” That is a big undertaking and fingers crossed for a NY Times best seller list on the horizon!