“[A] psychedelic trip of a novel”
“Broken Piano often reminds me in ways of Cave’s last novel, The Death of Bunny Munro.”
“a laugh out loud, thought-provoking novel.”
“The book is chock-full of sharp wit and punk irreverence and is a guaranteed treat for all enemies of Jonathan Franzen.”
“Patrick Wensink reads like Christopher Moore on very strong acid. In Broken Piano For President, he’s created a Pynchonesque universe of blackout drinkers, burger-chain magnates, Oswald accomplices, starving Russian cosmonauts, valet parking attendants named for short French generals, Japanese punkers, and the various and sundry members of a rock band so lousy they make the Butthole Surfers sound like Abbey Road—a world that ranges so far beyond the bounds of absurdity that it all makes perfect sense. A rollicking good time of a novel.”
–Greg Olear, author of FATHERMUCKER and TOTALLY KILLER
“Decidedly humorous…” –Louisville.com
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“Deliciously dark and funny.”
– Louisville-Courier Journal
“This is Wensink’s special touch: to go as far out as possible with character and concept, but still drive a deeper meaning home. He does so by mixing his Palahniukian style with the kind of twisted humor you can normally only find on Adult Swim.”
– LEO Weekly
“In Wensink’s world ‘nothing special’ always turns ‘mucho weirdo’ before the story is over.”
– PANK
“One of those rare gifts we get every now and again.”
– The Fanzine
“Irreverent, outrageous, and fearless in his choice of material, Patrick Wensink has a true knack for absurdity.”
– JOEYEY GOEBEL, author of Torture the Artist
“In his collection of stories Sex Dungeon For Sale!, Patrick Wensink
demonstrates a gift for darkly absurdist humor that (just guessing here) surely derives from watching either too much or not enough television.”
– JAMES GREER, author of The Failure
“Absurd, surreal, and funny.”
– Lance Carbuncle, author of SMASHED, SQUASHED, SPLATTERED, CHEWED, CHUNKED AND SPEWED
“Wensink has a sharp wit on display.”
– Jordan Krall, author of Tentacle Death Trip
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