Home (Danny Mullen) By Susan McLean

Danny Mullen is insane in all the right ways. His new book, Home, holds true to his distinctly, uniquely, fucked style, but showing growth in all the right areas. Mullen provides insight into the human condition through short stories about his antics after moving back home. You’re either going to love him (in which case, totally sign up for his newsletter- it’s just as funny) or leave three pages in totally revolted. According to Amazon:

Some college graduates go to market. Other college graduates stay home. 

Danny Mullen, during the summer of 2013, found himself firmly in this latter category. Oh yes. And after leaving UCLA to move back into his parents' house – ostensibly to regroup and find work – he instead spent three months obtaining an unofficial master's degree in Being a Worthless Human Being. Jagermeister drinking, deranged sex acts, and neighborhood vandalism were among the courses; a pornographic chef and a confused hippie neighbor were about as close as it got to teaching staff. 
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Mullen’s work is not for the faint of heart and is probably the exact opposite of what you’d expect as a recommendation from Bruised Knuckles, but he’s good. He’s really good. Mullen is able to effortlessly capture the disillusioned listlessness of hometown life. With the careful crafting of each character, Mullen draws readers in with killer dialogue and true to life interactions. Mullen is able to write the most incredibly bizarre situations with complete ease with a masterful use of language. In the least PC way he could possibly go about it, Mullen brings readers into his weird twisted world of vandalism, the eternal chase of girls, and loads more. Though Mullen’s content and storylines are borderline unbelievable (don’t worry there are proof pictures) I’m totally on board. He’s that good. Also, check out these reviews:

PRAISE FOR HOME:

"I can’t recall ever reading a book that made me laugh as much and as hard as Home" – Kevin Messing

"If I had to describe Danny’s writing in a word it would be "brave." It is almost shocking how fearless he is" – Troy Hulm

"Well written, yet accessible. Smart, yet unbelievably dumb" – Susan McLean

Buy Mullen’s book here and leave a review. I gave it 5 stars.
 
I’d like to thank Danny for the copy of the book, but I maintain that all opinions are very much my own and I promise I’d tell him (and you guys) if I didn’t like it. 

ALSO, all photos are from Robert Jennex and are not at all from us. don't fucking sue me Danny..