Crooked Little Vein

Warren Ellis has rocked the world over and over again with a spectacle of creative, subversive comics. Now, he turns his poison pen to prose for Crooked Little Vein, the endlessly imaginative story of a very unlucky private detective with a knack for constantly stumbling into the weirdest situation possible. He finds himself pressganged into tracking down the “real” Constitution, a mystical book that has passed through the hands of some of the wackiest sex freaks on the continent. With the sharp-tongued, polyamorous Trix at his side and a psychotic Chief of Staff breathing down his neck, Michael McGill will hurtle his way through a America standing on the line between fierce satire and crushing reality. He’ll wander the mean streets of some of our worst/greatest cities, face a rogues’ gallery of human monsters, and ultimately make a decision with nation-shaping implications. Crooked Little Vein stretches the limits of satire, horror, noir, magical realism, romance, and the weird things the human body can be subjected to in the name of pleasure. Warren Ellis, as usual, brings a razor wit and a surprising amount of heart to his writing. Mike and Trix’s journey is hilariously brutal and brutally hilarious, but it also might give you a valuable insight into the true, precious nature of love, freedom, and the American way.