Eli, Ely

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Pub Date 03 Jul 2013 | Archive Date 13 Sep 2013

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Sex, Comedy, San Francisco & Self-Loathing: Who Said Literary Fiction Had To Be Boring?

A gritty, arresting debut that will introduce you to the San Francisco that Frommer’s won’t, Ezekiel Tyrus’ Eli, Ely chronicles the (mis)adventures of Eli Trocchi – a narcissistic, struggling, thirty-something writer who, at our tragicomedy’s outset, has just had the worst week of his life.

Giving Adelle Waldman's The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. a run for its money in the "most [frighteningly] realistic male character of 2013" category, Eli, Ely is being heralded as a “tour de force” by San Francisco Chronicle books columnist Tony DuShane and “a welcome throwback to a braver, in-your-face school of writing” by legendary Bay Area spoken word artist, comedian and author Bucky Sinister.

Sex, Comedy, San Francisco & Self-Loathing: Who Said Literary Fiction Had To Be Boring?

A gritty, arresting debut that will introduce you to the San Francisco that Frommer’s won’t, Ezekiel Tyrus’ ...


Advance Praise

"'Eli, Ely' is a gritty tour de force through the hidden corners of San Francisco. It's sexy and violent and Tyrus holds nothing back. Read with caution and have a therapist on call to get you through the hardcore passages."

- Tony DuShane
San Francisco Chronicle columnist & author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

"Zeke Tyrus writes without pretense. In the current literary landscape of overcrafted bullshit, Tyrus is a welcome throwback to a braver, in-your-face school of writing."

- Bucky Sinister
Legendary San Francisco spoken word artist, comedian and self-help author

"Tyrus' words stand a little too close, they always make me uncomfortable. It must be that Zeke's brand of paint stripping honesty reminds me that, in the end, we're all just heavy breathing animals. And that scares me, in a good way. The world needs more writers like Ezekiel Tyrus, writers that we're afraid to invite over to Thanksgiving dinner."

-Attaboy
Co-founder Hi-Fructose New Contemporary Art Magazine
Author of Gush and the children's book You Might be A Monster

"Is it too easy to call Ezekiel Tyrus a slacker Bukowski and his novel, Eli,Ely, a Post Office for the post-millennium? Yeah, probably. Still true, though. More than that Eli,Ely shows us just why writing fiction is simultaneously a shame-filled waste of a life and still the only way to live one. It's a true San Francisco romance."

-John Williams
Author of the Cardiff Trilogy

"'Eli, Ely' is a gritty tour de force through the hidden corners of San Francisco. It's sexy and violent and Tyrus holds nothing back. Read with caution and have a therapist on call to get you...


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ISBN 9780986042904
PRICE $14.95 (USD)

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