The Prodigal

“If I run away, will you drive me there?”

The Prodigal is a novella, released by Civil Coping Mechanisms in 2013.

Martin is twenty-one, an age not worth lying about. He’s been happily doing nothing, claiming to be a professional online Poker player. But now, he’s facing a life away from the corrupting influence of overwhelming privilege.

“Strange and stark and nakedly truthful. Painful as losing money; funny as realizing it wasn’t yours.”
–Jonathan Trigell, author of Boy A and Genus
“Alexander J. Allison is yet another example of why The American Revolution was a stupid ass idea. Who would ever want to break away from a country with writers like this? Allison’s The Prodigal is the type of book that makes you want to pick your own porn star name as long as your porn star name is HELL YEAH. Allison is the type of guy who understands we’re all snakes with alligators inside of us. We bust and burst and blow apart. We eat ourselves to death.”
–Scott McClanahan, author of Crapalachia and Hill William

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