Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A Fine Second Printing in an equal dust-jacket.

Brian Lecomber's Dead Weight is a brutal and gut-wrenching novel that tells the story of a man's descent into madness and the lengths he will go to in order to survive. Set in a small, remote town in the middle of nowhere, the story follows the slow, inexorable collapse of the protagonist's sanity as he becomes obsessed with the idea of killing his wife and child. Telling the story from alternating perspectives, Dead Weight is a masterfully written and dramatic exploration of the dark side of human nature.; 8vo; 302 pages.