"From Mark Twain to George Saunders, Bradley Bazzle's
Trash Mountain joins a long tradition of dark humor, wild inventiveness, and social satire in American letters. By turns hilarious, colorful, and strange, this affecting debut novel revels in the absurd but never strays far from the deeply felt humanity of its characters."–
Maceo Montoya, author of
The Deportation of Wopper Barraza "In Trash Mountain, Bradley Bazzle has created a perfect protagonist in Ben Shippers: peculiar yet endearing, curiouser than a cat, and ready to take on the (trashy) challenges his young life throws at him. The novel is funny and engaging, and Bradley's concise and vivid prose guides us masterfully to its insightful conclusion. What a fine debut!"–Samrat Upadhyay, author of Arresting God in Kathmandu