Koja's claustrophobic prose can be either lyrical or as disturbing as Austen's hallucinations and the behavior they produce. Austen does not want to be labeled crazy, and so he makes lots of bad decisions, mainly the decision to just deal with this on his on. And that thing in the corner or in the drains or along the frosted side of a beer can may be just an hallucination but it is a very dangerous one. He is a failing artist still obsessed with his ex-wife.
His scans are coming in clear, no more seizures, he is ready to go home.Īusten is not ready to go home. But Austen has had enough of hospitals and doctors and so he keeps quiet about this little issue. When the drugs finally get the seizures under control, he encounters for the first time the spreading silver mass that slides off the edges of mirrors or lurks in the corners of rooms, always ready to engulf his world. Weeks, maybe months later, he remains in hospital suffering from frontal lobe seizures. His mocking little bow to the woman sends him tripping off the curb. One evening, while in a bad mood, Austen Bandy has a run in with an irritating liquor store clerk and does a dumb thing on the way out the door. Ram's head atop the dreaming body, poisoned eyes." "Gargoyle benedictive, above his breakfasting head: oils, luscious as blood and framed in red, a reclining sphinxlike form in all the shades of black. The opening paragraph will probably determine whether this will be your cup of tea or not: There are some similar themes and elements to The Cipher but Bad Brains definitely felt like its own entity rather than retreading familiar ground. It's unsettling and disturbing yet absolutely fascinating. Sure, there are some slower, quieter sections of the book but I felt they gave necessary breathing room to the intensity of the rest of the story. The story is mesmerising and I was compelled to join Austen on his journey. I was making notes of amazing sentences and passages on practically every other page. Austen starts to paint again as he tries to find a cure. Once released from hospital the seizures continue and he is haunted by the visions.
Austen begins to suffer from seizures and visions. One evening he stumbles and falls, the accident putting him in hospital. He's a bit of a loner and one of his only lifelines is gallery owner Peter. He used to be an artist but that has fallen by the wayside and he now works a crappy day job to pay the bills.
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