Asterion: The Minotaur

by Paul Majkut

ASTERION is literary fiction. But, although Majkut writes in the tradition of Bataille, Camus, and Borges, the novel's theme is not existential. It is transcendental. The characters in its pages appear as individuals, but they are, in fact, universal Everymans and Everywomans of a specific You, the reader.The narrator, inexplicably lost in the Labyrinth, is confronted by Asterion, the Minotaur. At the same time, the narrator and his wife are vacationing on a Greek island when hotel guests begin to disappear. A discredited police inspector arrives to unravel the mystery, but his reliance on phrenology may be a greater hindrance than help. The opening riddle is resolved in the ending.

216 pages, Paperback

Published December 7, 2015

About the author

Paul Majkut, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, now lives in San Diego, California.