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"Cornelius is a fumbling loser, the butt of everyone¿́¿s jokes. When his friend Alspacka is kidnapped, the subsequent criminal investigation turns into a dramatic and emotional ordeal, upending Cornelius¿́¿s life. Torn between his desire to be a writer and his immense guilt over his cowardly role in Alspacka¿́¿s abduction, Cornelius is a classic Faustian figure: an aspiring artist so hungry for success that he will pay any price. Rarely does a book so delightfully defy categorization. Cornelius is an experience: a farcical collage that reads like a drug-fueled fever dream, an intense emotional pendulum oscillating between psychological horror and slapstick comedy¿́¿a real roller coaster. And truthfully, Cornelius is all this and more: a brand, a phenomenon, a way of life." --publisher's website.