Joshua Furst crafts compelling fiction that prompts contemplation of the human condition through a child's lens. His masterful short stories delve into emotional complexities with an almost magical quality. The work is marked by a profound understanding of the psyche, creating narratives that are both poignant and deeply unsettling. Readers experience Furst's sensitive handling of themes that are ultimately both enjoyable and important.
Amidst a group of would-be revolutionaries squatting in the Sabotage Cafe, 16-year-old runaway Cheryl re-enacts her mother's troubled coming-of-age, initiated as she is into a sullied melange of drugs, awkward sex, glib anarchy and acts of vandalism and violence.