A review by redroofcolleen
House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home by Mark Richard

2.0

Written in a choppy, detached style, reminiscent of recipes (or the teletype the author used at the radio station as a youth). Only this time, rather than directions on baking chocolate cake, I received an in depth tutorial on the myriad ways to be an asshole (I do not use this word lightly). I get the feeling, whether it was intentional or not, that this was the only way he could get through his history. Full of mental and physical pain, cheating, womanizing, lies, drugs, and drinking, it is a wonder he's alive. I plowed through, however, hoping for redemption, and quite thankfully found it in the very last sentence. Pretty amazing.