Last Burn in Hell: Director's Cut

Kenrick Brimley, the state prison's official gigolo, hangs over a lava pit on trial for his life in a strange land. He will reveal the course of his life one misguided step at a time for his captors. From his romance with serial arsonist Leena Manasseh to his lurid angst-affair with a lesbian music diva, from his ascendance as unlikely pop icon to otherworldly encounters, the one constant truth is that he's got no clue what he's doing. As unrelenting as it is original, Last Burn in Hell is John Edward Lawson at his most scorching intensity, serving up sexy satire and postmodern pulp with his trademark day-glow prose. The Director's Cut includes: deleted scenes, alternate ending, remastering for more enjoyable viewing, and more!

From the Inside Flap

"A hip picaresque novel of the kind recommended by William Burroughs." --Steve Beard, Digital Leatherette "A crazy, fun romp through prison sex psychosis!" --Michael A. Arnzen, Play Dead

From the Back Cover

"This Last Burn in Hell burns with the humor and intensity of hell. From hereon forth, I will not be able to bring up Vonnegut without speaking of Lawson. John Edward Lawson could contest the throne that Chuck Palahniuk sits upon with the masses of college students looking for something different, a voice of the counter-culture." -Skullring.org "Without a doubt, John Edward Lawson is what Friedrich Nietzsche would have called an "Ubermensch" ("overman," or "superman") of the written word. Last Burn in Hell is a nonstop romp in a bizarre world of a man who has one of the best, and at the same time, worst jobs possible. His landscape is fresh, his strokes are perfect, and the final product is a wonderfully mastered piece of bizarro fiction that will leave you enthralled." -Midwest Book Review "In Last Burn in Hell, John Edward Lawson takes us on an insane trip where predicting what happens next is virtually impossible. This book draws the reader in right from the beginning and continues to be laugh-out-loud funny and nightmarishly scary to the very end... It ranks right up there with other bizarro cult classics like Satan Burger." -The Swallow's Tail "A nice literary feat, disturbing, amusing and always entertaining. I have read a lot of Lawson's short fiction before, and hope his full-length novel is the first of many. I already miss Kenrick and the bizarre crowd he runs with, as well as Lawson's social satire and criticism and his quick wit and clever puns, his erotic descriptions and his hip hop lunacy. A wonderful first novel. Let's hope the rest of the series is as well done and takes us more into Kenrick's bizarre world, and gives us more of Lawson's hilarious, deadly accurate social and cultural commentary." -Verbicide

About the Author

John Edward Lawson is an author, editor, and publisher living just outside Washington, DC. He was born in 1974 and enjoys traveling. His poetry collections include The Horrible and The Scars Are Complimentary; fiction includes the novel Last Burn in Hell, seven chapbooks, and the collections Pocket Full of Loose Razorblades and Discouraging at Best. While serving as editor-in-chief of Raw Dog Screaming Press and The Dream People webzine, John has also been editor of the anthologies Tempting Disaster and Sick.

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