Alex Fish - Paperback

Alex Fish is a charismatic drifter, a semi-wealthy wanderer who drifts through the social worlds of Northern England and beyond at the turn of the millennium. As the story opens, he becomes entangled in a dark and fatal incident during one of his reckless pursuits, one that forces him to conceal uncomfortable truths and adopt new layers of deception. Was it accident? Recklessness? Something more deliberate? As he manipulates those around him to protect his carefully constructed facade, it becomes clear that Alex is hiding far more than he's revealing about his nihilistic past and present. Meanwhile, his relentless pursuit of desire, fueled by substances, seduction, and self-deception spirals into an unspoken war with his own unraveling psyche.

This debut novel by M.A. Biggam is a raw, unflinching psychological thriller, a disturbing portrait of identity and moral decay reminiscent of Trocchi, Camus, and Bukowski.