infra

by Ron Dakron

infra is a smashing tale, crunching words and plot through a hyper expressionistic viewpoint. Ron Dakron's first novel is a chilling tale of obsession, sex and ghosts, all told through a poetic dreamscape of words. infra careens through a late 20th century Europe in search of ultimate ecstasy. A failed artist receives a letter. It's a photo of his lost love, brutally murdered. He knows who the killer is-a young Venice Mafioso. He does nothing, until the dreams start. Then he plots vengeance. He buys a gun in Paris, then sleeps on trains towards death. He slays the Mafioso. Yet the killer starts chasing him, through Spain and nightmares. And now the fun begins.

239 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1988

About the author

Ron Dakron is a poet and novelist.

He is the author of six novels — Tricky (his latest), Hello Devilfish!, infra, Newt, Hammers and Mantids, and two collections of poetry. His work runs the gamut from surrealism to sci-fi pastiche.

Publishers Weekly reviews Hello Devilfish!: "Resistance may be futile, but this book at least makes it fun" and named him "a writer with a fine ear and plenty of gusto."

Library Journal lauds Hello Devilfish! as "an audacious, laugh-out-loud novel that is brilliantly committed to its conceit."

Kirkus Reviews called Hammers "cartilaginous prose, soft as fishbone, sense-bending and scattershot as a Robin Williams shtick."

Point No Point magazine tagged Hammers as "a cross between jive bullshit, hip-hop Henny Youngman, and full-tilt Rimbaudian street-smartass sublimity."

Raven Chronicles judged him "as sinister as a thirteen-year-old with a lighter and a keg of butane."