The Villains Who Snapped My Spine by A.H. Nazzareno

In the Americana-heavy memoir following the author’s rare and debilitating spinal disorder, The Villains Who Snapped My Spine, author A.H. Nazzareno traces back through his life for a thread of bad luck that may have led him to his current condition. Something like the off-kilter writing of Rudolph Wurlitzer’s Nog, or Bukowski’s Ham on Rye, the “villains” of the story are laid out between accounts of the hospital procedures and thoughts on American history and experiences from the deserts of Arizona to the old Civil War fields of ghosts and deer. A memoir full of bitter humor, it will appeal to those who enjoy literary prose that sometimes doesn’t need to have a strict destination to be worth the journey.