The Disassembled Man by Nate Flexer
ISBN: 978-0-9815579-0-8
Frankie Avicious is a hard-luck fellow with a sordid past. Living in a dreary meatpacking town, stuck in a loveless marriage, and spending his days slaughtering cattle, Frankie has nothing to look forward to but his next swallow of bargain whiskey. His wife is threatening to leave him, and the local sociopath is threatening to kill him. And then there’s Scarlett Acres, a stripper with a heart of fool’s gold. Frankie can’t stop thinking about her…
With the encouragement of a mysterious traveling salesman, Frankie sets out to reverse his destiny through a series of bizarre murders. The consequences of his brutality turn out to be far worse than even he could imagine.
Raves for The Disassembled Man
“Jim Thompson’s psychotic hell brutally collides with Bruce Jay Friedman’s absurdist humor in this shotgun blast of a novel.”
—Dave Zeltserman, author of Small Crimes
“Having read quite a number of psycho noirs, I’d have to say this one’s a bit special. Nate Flexer really nails it.”
—Allan Guthrie, author of Slammer
“This is strong stuff, definitely not the kind of thing that you’re going to find from a mainstream publisher. If you have a taste for the off-beat, this might be just what you’re looking for.”
—Bill Crider, author of Murder in Four Parts
“Flexer’s gritty, nasty tale in the classic dime-novel tradition moves like a bullet from a Beretta.”
—Mike Segretto, author of The Bride of Trash