Two hours till war.
It’s six o’clock. Bush said at eight, people must die.
I’m going to Kendra’s.
On the eve of the Iraq war, in Youngstown, Ohio, Mark Swift drinks, has sex, goes to a strip club, does everything that Youngstown can offer to escape, but it only deepens the horror.
The Human War is a bleak, disturbing tale of one man’s struggle with war, death and the human condition, shot through with the author's deadpan humour.
Frequently compared to Beckett, Sartre and Bukowski, Noah Cicero’s acclaimed debut is accompanied by two short stories, The Doomed and Little Flowers, that together mark the arrival of an extraordinary new voice.
"America's finest literary pariah." Dazed & Confused
"Essential reading... If you can’t relate to The Human War, it’s likely you’re not human." Pulse