{"product_id":"kill-dick","title":"Kill Dick","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuke Goebel\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed author and screenwriter celebrated for his unflinching honesty and innovative storytelling. A recipient of the prestigious Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and the Joan Scott Memorial Fiction Award, his debut novel, \u003cem\u003eFourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours\u003c\/em\u003e, garnered critical acclaim for its innovative and precisely lyrical, profoundly resonant exploration of love, grief, and the restless search for identity. Goebel also co-wrote \u003cem\u003eEileen\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Anne Hathaway and McKenzie Thompson, and \u003cem\u003eCauseway\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry (who received an Oscar nomination for his performance). He is known as well as his role as co-editor at \u003cem\u003eThe New York Tyrant \u003c\/em\u003eand work with Tyrant Books\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eHe lives in Portland, OR with his wife, fellow author Ottessa Moshfegh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Luke B. Goebel's winking satirical novel Kill Dick parodies contemporary literary and cultural forms. . . . A piquing parody, the book reveals how easily critique becomes performance and how violence, addiction, and privilege transform into aesthetic currency. Its most vivid moments evince cutting wit. Marked by deliberate instability, the ambitious satirical novel Kill Dick skewers contemporary literary seriousness even as it participates in it.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Paints a darkly surreal Lynch- and Kubrick-inspired portrait of LA . . . Oozing with style\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"From Brentwood to Thai Town, West Adams to Skid Row, Luke Goebel's irresistible Kill Dick draws a deranged--and yet curiously, charmingly relaxed--map of Los Angeles, coming off like a sun-dappled, shaggy cousin of The Shards. Like Eve Babitz before him, he seems to love and understand the city as few do, but Goebel's eye, his sly, meta-fictive wit, and--above all --his language is entirely his own.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Matthew Spektor, author of \u003cem\u003eAlways Crashing in the Same Car\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Goebel delivers.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Caustic, combative and tender, Kill Dick is the kind of book that makes you want to write. . . . Luke Goebel has woven an insane portrait of Los Angeles in the vein of Bret Easton Ellis and Joan Didion. It's a car chase of a novel, where you never want to look away.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003ePlayboy's Most Anticipated Books of 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"'Kill Dick' is a love letter to LA's darkness and light\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--USA Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If this book were any better, I'd cut my own head off.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Ottessa Moshfegh, author of \u003cem\u003eMy Year of Rest and Relaxation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Finally, a book brave enough to say what we've all been thinking: Dick has got to go.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Lukas Gage, author of \u003cem\u003eI Wrote This For Attention\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"For lovers of Bret Easton Ellis, Luke Goebel's KILL DICK renders a pop-infused and murderous portrait of an iconic Los Angeles on fire complete with pools, pills, ennui, murders, and a cacophony of brands. But this novel has a timely pulse, and Goebel--with his gorgeous sentences and imagistic prowess--pulls off one of the hardest tricks of all: making morality fun.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Melissa Broder, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Stunning . . . Part noir thriller, part searing social commentary, \u003cem\u003eKill Dick\u003c\/em\u003e follows a young artist-turned-addict through the dark, unforgiving, and stratified streets of Los Angeles, as she confronts her father's complicity in the opioid epidemic. In bleak, beautiful prose, Luke Goebel weaves together a narrative that exposes the savage heart of privilege and power, raising questions about truth, memory, and the nature of storytelling itself. With haunting descriptions of a city literally and metaphorically aflame, \u003cem\u003e Kill Dick\u003c\/em\u003e captures the burning zeitgeist of our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Kimberly King Parsons, author of \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Luke Goebel's delirious debut novel festers in the sun-sick, dissociative Southern California of Joan Didion and Bret Easton Ellis. In \u003cem\u003eKill Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, Los Angeles is hell, and Susie Vogelman is its most reluctant angel: vacant, brilliant, heartbreaking.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Anna Dorn, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Really Dead Wives of New Jersey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Luke Goebel's \u003cem\u003eKill Dick\u003c\/em\u003e is a hypnotic descent into wealth, chaos, and the deranged art of self-destruction. It's like if Joan Didion and Hunter S. Thompson had a love child raised on Oxy and existential dread--impossible to look away from. The prose moves like stolen cash, the world is decadent and rotting at the edges. Honestly, if you're not reading this book, what are you doing? Probably something dull and unpaid. Consider this your invitation to the party--just don't expect to leave unscathed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Anna Delvey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the last few geniuses we have left in this life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Scott McClanahan, author of \u003cem\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There's an American dreamscape left. 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Goebel is something else. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Harriet Armstrong, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Rest Our Minds and Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (UK author under 25)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#25 in Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatured on FOX11 Los Angeles Local News discussing \u003cem\u003eKill Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, a literary thriller exploring wealth, addiction, and corruption in Los Angeles.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost Anticipated Book of 2026 by LIT HUB and PLAYBOY, and featured in the NEW YORK POST'S \"31 Page-Turning New Thrillers to Read.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCo-Writer of the films CAUSEWAY and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEILEEN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecipient of the prestigious Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and Joan Scott Memorial Fiction Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Marked by deliberate instability, the ambitious satirical novel\u003cem\u003e Kill Dick\u003c\/em\u003e skewers contemporary literary seriousness even as it participates in it.\"--\u003cem\u003eForeword \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"A wild plan to disrupt a big Hollywood awards show, a scheme to assassinate a medical business mogul who has made money off pain and addiction, and the ever-widening gap between the ultra wealthy and the destitute.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e--Molly Lambert, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fever dream, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKill Dick \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eis a literary thriller that plunges into the chaos of Los Angeles, where addiction, privilege, and corruption combust. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt nineteen, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: she's an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie's ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father's ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen there's Peter Holiday, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it's almost admirable. When their lives collide, Susie and Peter are dragged into a web of privilege, corruption, and violence, where every escape leads deeper into the rot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark, satirical, and razor-sharp, \u003cem\u003eKill Dick \u003c\/em\u003eis a modern literary thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth, exploitation, and the perilous line between survival and self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/16\/2026 (EAN 9781636284651, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781636284651, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eForeword\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/27\/2026 (EAN 9781636284651, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496026112278,"sku":"9781636284651","price":32.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781636284651.jpg?v=1783050941","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/kill-dick","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}