Rx

A Novel

by Garin Cycholl

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Pub Date Feb 01 2022 | Archive Date Feb 10 2022

Atmosphere Press

Literary Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

First, do no harm...

A patient comes to you with vague but troubling symptoms. He seems to know a little too much about the odd sickness you’ve seen in other patients lately. You start to wonder what he’s been up to in his chicken coop. Is he growing the next plague? Should you call the FBI? The only problem is that you’re not really a doctor.

Taking on his dead father’s identity, a man becomes intent on practicing medicine in an out of the way town. He watches the nation bubble into a new kind of civil war around him. A con man amidst rumors, homemade bombs, and a developing sense that he has been “made,” Rx wrestles with a distinct American identity—slippery and always in flight. Between a violent “here” and an anxious “there,” a wider, remapped “America” emerges.

First, do no harm...

A patient comes to you with vague but troubling symptoms. He seems to know a little too much about the odd sickness you’ve seen in other patients lately. You start to wonder...

A Note From the Publisher

Garin Cycholl grew up in south-eastern Illinois and has lived in Miami, southern Minnesota, and Chicago, where he has lived for the past two decades. His series of Illinois poems (including Blue Mound to 161, Hostile Witness, The Bonegatherer, and the forthcoming Prairied) explore violence, displacement, and changing ecologies across the state throughout the twentieth century. His recent work also includes the screenplays, The Indianan and The Hippodrome, an adaptation of Cyrus Colter’s novel. Rx is Cycholl’s first novel.

Garin Cycholl grew up in south-eastern Illinois and has lived in Miami, southern Minnesota, and Chicago, where he has lived for the past two decades. His series of Illinois poems (including Blue...

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A Note From the Publisher

Garin Cycholl grew up in south-eastern Illinois and has lived in Miami, southern Minnesota, and Chicago, where he has lived for the past two decades. His series of Illinois poems (including Blue Mound to 161, Hostile Witness, The Bonegatherer, and the forthcoming Prairied) explore violence, displacement, and changing ecologies across the state throughout the twentieth century. His recent work also includes the screenplays, The Indianan and The Hippodrome, an adaptation of Cyrus Colter’s novel. Rx is Cycholl’s first novel.

Advance Praise

"A deeply American story in the guise of a road trip novel. Elegiac, original and compelling."

-Ling Ma, author of Severance

"With wit, sticky situations, one-of-a-kind characters, and a captivating mystery, Cycholl probes the idiopathic American psyche. His diagnosis, Rx, is a potent prescription for literary joy."

-Alex Shakar, author of Luminarium

"Rx smartly explores the dark corners of a thought-provoking situation. Reflective and subversive, it digs earnestly into the political and social underbelly of the USA."

-Independent Book Review

"Rx by Garin Cycholl will challenge you and keep you thinking... a complex literary creation"

-Feathered Quill

"a solid addition to the literary mainstream and will undoubtedly be welcomed by history buffs and conspiracy theorists alike."

-RECOMMENDED by the US Review

"Garin Cycholl has created a novel that reflects modern times with its violence, threats, and ironic situations; but weaves an atmosphere of intrigue and fun into the inspection."

-D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

"A deeply American story in the guise of a road trip novel. Elegiac, original and compelling."

-Ling Ma, author of Severance

"With wit, sticky situations, one-of-a-kind characters, and a captivating...