Praise for Zero Zone
"Harrowing, dexterous . . . With a noir tone and a rich assortment of characters whose lives unfold in chapters pared down to their essentials, the novel transforms a would-be abstract meditation on the influence of art into a vital, deeply engaging work. Writing with verve and precision, O'Connor serves up a thoughtful, original thriller." -Publishers Weekly, starred review
"After finishing this cinematic novel, readers will be compelled to start again at page one to discover how O'Connor pieces together his suspenseful, incredibly well-written narrative." -Library Journal (starred review)
"Zero Zone held me from the first page with its precise prose and willingness to interrogate deeply what art can and cannot do for us-and to us. Scott O'Connor has written a profound novel about the human search for transcendence and meaning in our often alienated and confusing lives-and it's full of suspense and mystery, with a gaze that's wonderfully cinematic. I can't stop thinking about it!" -Edan Lepucki, author of California
"Scott O'Connor's new novel is a tour de force, an elegy to a lost time and forgotten city-the Los Angeles of the 1970s-which burns with artistic longing and cultural politics that are just as relevant and necessary today. With an innovative structure and a cast of dynamic characters, Zero Zone takes you on a journey that makes the world disappear while opening a new space, a possibility beyond what I thought of. O'Connor will make you feel like a time traveler: you won't want to go back home; you won't want this wonderful book to end." -Rachel M. Harper, author of Brass Ankle Blues and This Side of Providence
"A mesmerizing, prismatic, noir-inflected thriller about the intersection between trauma and art. O'Connor is a clear-eyed, compassionate writer, and this is a dazzlingly human haunted house of a book." --Ben Loory, author of Tales of Falling and Flying
Praise for Scott O'Connor and his previous works
"O'Connor writes with vivid descriptive detail and acute psychological insight, as well as flashes of searing, wry humor and occasional moments that simply break your heart." -The Boston Globe
"[A] beautiful literary thriller, as political and philosophical as Graham Greene's strongest work." -The Los Angeles Review of Books
"Scott O'Connor speaks softly and somehow manages to make something beautiful of unspeakable matters . . . a voice so insistently stirring, you want to lean in close to catch every word." -The New York Times Book Review
"O'Connor's spare prose amplifies the horror of his story. It also compels the reader to inhabit his characters' lives." -Booklist (starred review)
"The reader is immediately drawn in . . . as O'Connor shows, our vices are what make us so delicately and chaotically human. A catalog of imperfections neatly packaged within a book." -Kirkus Reviews
