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Generation Zero
"Cheetah Smith don't even exist no more. He's faded into the ether. Particles of broken mind and broken life tear loose and fall to the floor..."
63 pages, Paperback
Published March 14, 2022
About the author
U.V. Ray
12 books16 followersu.v.ray is a writer from Birmingham, England. His fiction & poetry has been skirting the fringes of the literary scene for a period spanning 3 decades, appearing in dozens of magazines & anthologies around the world.
He dropped out of school at the age of 15 without any academic qualifications & spent the next 20 years drifting around bars & nightclubs across Britain & Europe, drinking & imbibing substances. His life during this time was mostly documented on beer mats, cigarette packets & scraps of paper. Although most of his notes during that period have been lost, these experiences still form the basis for much of his writing today & his work remains highly autobiographical.
Although mainstream success continues to evade him his short story collection We Are Glass (2012) & his novella Spiral Out (2013) from Murder Slim Press have both met with widespread reader acclaim. His work has drawn frequent comparisons to Albert Camus, Hubert Selby Jr & Charles Bukowski.
u.v.ray has just completed his second novella, The Migrant, which is due out from Murder Slim Press later in 2014.
He dropped out of school at the age of 15 without any academic qualifications & spent the next 20 years drifting around bars & nightclubs across Britain & Europe, drinking & imbibing substances. His life during this time was mostly documented on beer mats, cigarette packets & scraps of paper. Although most of his notes during that period have been lost, these experiences still form the basis for much of his writing today & his work remains highly autobiographical.
Although mainstream success continues to evade him his short story collection We Are Glass (2012) & his novella Spiral Out (2013) from Murder Slim Press have both met with widespread reader acclaim. His work has drawn frequent comparisons to Albert Camus, Hubert Selby Jr & Charles Bukowski.
u.v.ray has just completed his second novella, The Migrant, which is due out from Murder Slim Press later in 2014.
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June 11, 2022
Review will follow.
Be it Orwell's 1984, real-life 1986 or today's 2022, the grievances are the same.
Be it Orwell's 1984, real-life 1986 or today's 2022, the grievances are the same.
January 10, 2024
3.5 stars. Short but sweet.
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