Long Live Crazy

by Christopher Lesko

Zeke is a young man whose carefree lifestyle is spinning him out of control. However, when he hits rock bottom, he receives help from a divine intervention during the 25 days of Christmas. While living a new life of complete and total sobriety, a surreal world opens up for Zeke through an unusual episode of Wheel of Fortune. Determined to relieve the yet haunting threat of relapse, Zeke undergoes a "Supreme Brainwash" and travels across America on Route 666 to test the results.

117 pages, Paperback

First published December 7, 2012

About the author

Christopher Lesko writes bizarre, often horror-tinged fiction, blending surreal situations, dark humor, and unique narrative styles. He lives in Ohio.

Reviews

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Joyously bizarre novel about a young man, Zeke, who goes sober during the Christmas season and discovers a cult called Servants of the Servant in a hard-to-describe event that happens to him while watching an episode of Wheel of Fortune. He ends up being brainwashed and travels across America on "Route 666" toward an encounter with the supernatural that ends in a surreal personal transcendence. The story is written in diary form. I really enjoyed Zeke's wandering trains of thought through his experience of pop culture and particularly his consumption of sappy Christmas specials. Christopher Lesko has one of the most unique voices in bizarre literature that I've ever come across.

[Zachariah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Met this guy at a craft fair. Seemed like a cool dude. His graphic design definitely gives his books a unique flair. I enjoyed this. An addict who recovers and finds himself in a cult in order to connect to people out of intense loneliness. I had to reread the ending a couple times as it feels abrupt but leaves ambiguity where readers can put whatever end they want