Perry Brass talks about his mesmerizing novel of horror set in the international world of business, Warlock, A Novel of Possession

2008-11-06T16:19:45.115Z

Suspenseful. Voluptuously erotic. A demonic, queer Rosemary’s Baby, set in the glittering, international world of greed and power. Allen Barrow, a shy bank clerk, dresses out of discount stores and has a small penis that embarrasses him. One night he meets Destry Powars—commanding, vulgar, seductive, successful—who pulls Allen into his orbit and won’t let go. Destry lives in a closed, moneyed world that Allen can only glimpse through the pages of tabloids. From generations of drifters, Powars has been chosen to learn a secret language based on force, deception, and nerve. But who chose him—and what does he really want from Allen? What are Mr. Powars’s dark powers? These are the mysteries that Allen will uncover in Warlock, a novel that is as paralyzing in its suspense as it is voluptuously erotic.
“In this book, Perry Brass has added to the annals of gay lit.” Richard LaBonte, in Book Marks.
Winner Ippy Award from Independent Publisher Magazine, best gay and lesbian book, 2002.
Warlock, 226 pages, $12.95, ISBN 1-892149-03-6

Perry Brass talks about his new IPPY Award-winning novel Carnal Sacraments, A Historical Novel of the Future.

2008-11-06T16:17:51.320Z

In the last quarter of the 21st century, Jeffrey Cooper, an Alabama-raised, executive design star living in Americanized Germany, has made a Faustian pact with the global economic system running the world. No matter what age he is, the system will secretly keep him young and razor-sharp, as long as he can stay on top of his job and keep profits high. But Cooper has a problem: work stress and the congested, hyper-competitive life around him is killing him. Can he keep his stress level a secret from the system itself, his co-workers, and even his own seductive male German therapist who has told him that when all else fails there are “angels” in the world who can save him, and often we don’t know who they are?
But one, in the most violent form, will appear in Jeffrey’s life. At first, he seems to be the Devil himself, offering every kind of excitement, even offering Jeffrey back his own lost soul—but will this younger, extremely mysterious and attractive man end up killing Jeffrey, or saving him? Carnal Sacraments is a parable of our time and the future, of the all-swallowing global economy, of an emerging international business culture based on war, and of the real keys to religious experience and personal salvation.
“Layered with philosophical elements, fascinating descriptions, and a clear focus on character overall, Brass' latest work is one of the most unusual novels I've read in years.” Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco.

“Exotic locations, high-powered wheeling and dealing and excursions into this new world’s dark underside . . . make this a book that captures the imagination and will not let it go until the last page.” Out in Jersey Magazine.
312 pages, $16.95, ISBN 978-1-892149-05-3

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Perry Brass talks about his mesmerizing novel of horror set in the international world of business, Warlock, A Novel of Possession

Perry Brass talks about his new IPPY Award-winning novel Carnal Sacraments, A Historical Novel of the Future.