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Wednesday May 06, 2015
BRIAN DeLEEUW reads from his newest novel THE DISMANTLING
Wednesday May 06, 2015
Wednesday May 06, 2015
The Dismantling(Plume Books)
InThe Dismantling, troubled med-school dropout Simon Worth is faced with the grim reality of failure and massive student loans. Haunted by the accidental death of his sister, he accepts a lucrative job at Health Solutions as a black market organ broker, arranging the sales of kidneys and livers from donors who need the money to recipients whose time on the transplant list is running out.
Eight months into the job, Simon is tasked with finding a match for Lenny Pellegrini, a severely depressed ex-NFL player with a serious drinking problem and a failing liver. When Simon is contacted by Maria Campos, he believes hes found the perfect donor. The surgery goes according to plan, but soon afterward Lenny makes a cruel and destructive decision, while startling secrets from Marias past further complicate the situation. Under tremendous pressure to keep the media and authorities from exposing Health Solutions, both Simon and Maria find themselves the targets of Peter DaSilva, Simons boss, who is desparate to protect himself and his organization at all costs. Backed into a corner, Simon is forced to decide that, against his better moral judgment, the only way to survive is to put his trust in Maria.
Embracing themes that are widespread in the media today, such as depression among ex-NFL players, black market organ transplants, adolescent trauma, and the terms of revenge and atonement, Brian DeLeeuw deftly treads the line between literary fiction and suspense with his propulsive storytelling and exquisite writing. A troubling, riveting and enthralling look at the serious stakes of the transplantation black market,The Dismantlingis a high-octane novel perfect for summer reading.
Praise forThe Dismantling
Intense, spare, and unflinching, DeLeeuwsThe Dismantlingtreads risky, ethically nuanced territory, exploring the nature of absolution and revenge, the lies we tell our families, and the honesty we can find with strangers. A psychologically insightful, gripping novel.Michaela Carter, author ofFurther Out Than You Thought
"While this is a fast-paced, engaging thriller, it is also much, much more. It is, at its heart, a fully and tenderly rendered exploration of loss and shame and the deep yearning for some manner of redemption."Thomas O'Malley, author ofThis Magnificent Desolation
"With its high tension plot and atmosphere of unease,The Dismantlingis a morally ambiguous thriller in the grand tradition of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith. It has smart things to say about memory, redemption, and what it's like to live in a world where everything is for sale, but it says them by telling a gripping story."Christopher Beha, author ofArts & Entertainments
Brian DeLeeuwis a novelist and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Princeton University and received his MFA in fiction from The New School. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Brian was an editor forTin Housemagazine. His first novel,In This Way I Was Saved, was published in 2009 and long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize, with editions published in the UK, Germany, and France.
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