The Pain Artist: An American Hikikomori

By E.E. Doc Murdock

A dark psychological study of a young man who, after being abandoned and left homeless, is forced to move in with his invalid grandmother who lives in a gang-infested neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. Crippled and in constant pain, he becomes a self-described Hikikomori (a Japanese term for young men who withdraw from society to live mostly on the internet). The novel, explores the challenges of today's inner-city youth, from the chilling opening to the existentially alarming conclusion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0923178252
• ISBN13: 9780923178253
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: H. O. T. Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"