J W Carey: 7 books

Within Adjective Narcissism, Carey pushes the boundaries of typically held beliefs, abusing the nature of his broken protagonist to question himself, the obligatory narcissim his profession demands and the world around him. A complex portrayal of life through a young man's eyes, Carey rejects...

The thematic sequel to Adjective Narcissism, within God Metaphor Carey focuses his interest on religion, and the relationships between an author and a deity. The unnamed protagonist returns, recovering from Carey's attentions during the first narrative, and seeks absolution for the thoughts of...

Written in one night and, since, unedited, Carey tells the story of a man becoming lost. Within The Desperate Light, he captures the spirit of the truly desperate man, the embodiement of a soulless thing searching for something he is destined never to find. Once again, Carey eschews simple exposition...

Solpadol is a story about self-destruction, drug dependency and unrequieted love.Taking place over the course of a single day, Carey returns to his Broken Polemic series with another semi-confessional, semi-fictional piece of work that works to blur the lines between fiction and reality. This...

One of the last Homo Sapiens, Cedric Healy is trapped. Trapped by his good job, with its high prospects and potential, trapped by the ghosts of a personal morality in a world evolved beyond the need for one, and trapped by his self-destructive refusal to worship the Money-God.He believes that...

Mychandra follows five days in the life of a man suffering from a modern mental illness. Set against the backdrop of the last General Election, it looks at the Northern town of Wigan through a blurred vision that combines realism with medical insanity.

Robert Amuigh’s brother is dead. Robert Amuigh’s brother is dead and it has no meaning.The Burden follows Amuigh’s experience of his brother’s funeral and his innate refusal to perform in the social game. From the bedroom of the apartment he shares with his girlfriend to the small cell that...