Publisher's Synopsis
THE UNMENTIONABLE MANN is a literary/mainstream novel exploring the intersection of racism, homophobia, religion, conversion therapy, and classism through the lens of an inbred aristocratic family. The strange, secret philosophy that has ruled the prominent Mann Family for generations has culminated in a crime so great that only a journey into the heart of self-immolation could promise redemption. THE UNMENTIONABLE MANN endeavors to make sense of the pain that people choose, the demons we embrace, and the mercies we only sometimes grant ourselves. "The emotional truth of Brian Alessandro's writing is quite strong." Charles Flowers, the editor-in-chief of Bloom, a literary journal that counts Edmund White as an advisory board member. Bloom published an excerpt from The Unmentionable Mann in their July 2015 issue. "Brian Alessandro's work is imaginative, exciting, psychologically complex, and sick in the best possible way." Daniel Dreifuss, Academy Award-nominated producer of the Chilean feature film, NO. "The Unmentionable Mann is an epic psychological read that is dark, dry, smart and funny, with a fever-dream logic." Jonathan Caouette, independent filmmaker of TARNATION.
