John Olson

John Olson's The Night I Dropped Shakespeare On The Cat is hard to classify, hard to read, and hard to stop thinking about. There are numerous short chapters. There are sparse illustrations by artist Derek White. There are words. Mostly, there are words. Words without context or story, or so it seems. Is it stream of consciousness? Not quite, because throughout the span of the book Olson emph...

Exterminator Henry James and his freakish supporting cast take on the cruel chaos of nature in the dirty corners of Los Angeles, but trouble ensues when they stumble upon a secret that could well reverse the positions of exterminator and pest.