The Kindness of Ravens
This tale belongs to Generation X.
Daren is ahead of the curve, a prodigal son without focus or direction. As his supercharged empathy manifests, revealing glimpses into higher dimensions, he falls in love with Lee, a drifting siren of light and song. Straddling the thin line between excess and addiction, Daren soon discovers seeking the ethereal in an age of materialism is no small undertaking.
Set in 1980s Southern California, his journeys will take him through the idyllic ranch country of the central coast, the sweat-soaked concert arenas of Los Angeles, and the underground sex clubs of San Francisco. The Kindness Of Ravens is a love story of magical realism, wherein a young man's struggles with substance abuse and the perils of spiritual revelation may result in nightmare, death, or worst of all, madness itself.
Purchase your hard copy or Kindle edition here!
"Gifted novelist Bardessono offers this relentlessly raw and often darkly humorous account of young manhood set in the gritty, neon-colored Los Angeles of the 1980s. Idiosyncratic, hilarious, deeply emotional." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Bardessono expertly captures the hedonism of the 1980s...wryly observant, equally comfortable with the sacred and the scatological." - Foreword Reviews
"A witty, touching tale of an extraordinary young man's love for an older woman, giving way to an exploration of love, addiction and maturity, with a fresh, offbeat style, full of cleverness and humor. An original, quirky love story." - Kirkus Book Reviews
