How far would you go for your best friend? If she begged you to would you kill her? Nathan
Lucius 31 is an ad salesman at a Cape Town newspaper. Disaffected hard-drinking and plagued
by blackouts Nathan lives alone and has only one true friend a woman named Madge. But Madge
is dying slowly of cancer and when she asks Nathan to end her pain she sets off a shocking
string of events. A modern-day answer to Crime and Punishment My Name Is Nathan Lucius is a
taut and unforgiving exploration of the intersection of violence trauma social responsibility
and memory. Stylish intense and unforgettable this glittering noir gem will appeal to
readers of Irvine Welsh and Chuck Palahniuk as well as fans of Thomas Harris and Dennis Lehane.
