Jerkoff

I began writing Jerkoff as a means of escaping an all-consuming obsession for a woman that I was planning on murdering. Virtually every waking moment of my life was consumed with the idea of carrying out this hideous course of action. I knew also that I would have to take my own life as well because I am far too handsome and far too skinny for prison life! One day at my 12-Step meeting this guy Rick shared a similar experience so I came clean with him about what was going on. I had no idea at the time that he was an internationally acclaimed novelist. I'd already written a novel but had long since given up on getting it published. Talking with Rick inspired me to start writing again and it was obvious what the subject matter was to be—Jill—the chick I wanted to murder. But the story took on a life of its own and morphed into a memoir of my life of sex addiction, stalking and drug and alcohol abuse. Be warned, Jerkoff is not for the faint of heart. Though it has some pretty hilarious moments, it has some pretty obscene ones—and some pretty tragic ones too. It is a story of madness told with shocking candor through an entirely unfiltered lens.—Jason Lustmann