Dermaphoria

Dermaphoria
	First edition cover
Author	Craig Clevenger
Cover artist	Jacket design by Dorothy Carico Smith
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	MacAdam/Cage
Publication date	October 9, 2005
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages	214 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	1-931561-75-3
OCLC	60972005
Dewey Decimal	813/.6 22
LC Class	PS3603.L49 D47 2005
Preceded by	The Contortionist's Handbook

Dermaphoria (2005) is a novel written by American author Craig Clevenger.

Plot summary edit

Eric Ashworth awakens in jail, unable to remember how he got there or why. All he does remember is a woman's name: Desiree.

Bailed out and holed up in a low rent motel, Eric finds the solution to his amnesia in a strange new hallucinogen. By synthesizing the sense of touch, the drug produces a disjointed series of sensations that slowly allow Eric to remember his former life as a clandestine chemist. With steadily increasing doses, Eric reassembles his past at the expense of his grip on the present, and his distinction between truth and fantasy crumbles as his paranoia grows in tandem with his tolerance.

Characters edit

Eric Ashworth
Desiree
Manhattan White
Toe Tag
Hoyle
Otto
Detective Anslinger
Jack and the Beanstalk

Reviews edit

Trivia edit

Room 621, the room Eric Ashworth rents is also the room number belonging to Barton Fink in the Coen Brothers' movie of the same name.

Film Adaptation edit

The book was adapted into a film, which premiered on June 13, 2014 at the East End Film Festival. It was directed by Ross Clarke and starred Joseph Morgan, Ron Perlman, Kate Walsh, and Walton Goggins.^[1]

U.S. editions edit

MacAdam/Cage Publishing, October 2005. Paperback Edition. ISBN 1-931561-75-3
MacAdam/Cage Publishing, September 2006. Paperback Edition. ISBN 1-59692-102-1

References edit

^ Dermaphoria, Production Design by John Richoux. The film was produced by Teryn Fogel and Ross Clarke in association with their production company Keep The Car Running. Internet Movie Database, accessed 7 July 2013.

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[1] Dermaphoria, Production Design by John Richoux. The film was produced by Teryn Fogel and Ross Clarke in association with their production company Keep The Car Running. Internet Movie Database, accessed 7 July 2013.

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