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15 reviews
Scott Heim

Harper Perennial, 2008

A Commentary for We Disappear
The words "brave, honest, uncompromising, intimate, sincere, and uncomfortable" all come to mind when I think of Heim's work, and those words of course apply here with his latest novel, We Disappear. With We Disappear, Heim delves further into themes which lay at the heart of his previous work: loss of innocence and the search for identity. Whereas Brian Lackey of Mysterious Skin struggled ...

Mysterious Skin

58 reviews
Scott Heim

Harper Perennial, 2005

Terrific 1st Novel
I had been doing some research on child sexual abuse for my upcoming novel, and came across this book as a cross-reference on how things are in today's world. I read the book in one sitting. Very well-written, full of escapades and scary times in the lives of two boys marred by sexual abuse. One lad is so traumatized he believes aliens are responsible, as some 5 hours disappear from his life. The ...

Saved from Drowning

2 reviews
Scott Heim

Chiron Review Pr, 1993

when will he write more poetry?
this book is great! i don't usually read poetry but i like scott heim's fiction, so.... this is nearly as good. i read somewhere that he doesn't write poetry anymore and isn't so happy with this book, but really it's very good and the poems are sexy, sad, and full of great images.

In Awe

22 reviews
Scott Heim

Perennial, 1998

A GEN-X FAULKNER ON ACID WRITING HORROR
As a fan of horror movies and overall 'eerie-ness' I thoroughly enjoyed Heim's second novel (after the also recommended MYSTERIOUS SKIN). IN AWE is certainly one of the most original, poetic, amd menacing gay novels outside of Dennis Cooper's work in recent memory. It's a moody and atmospheric horror movie with deep literary significance (Imagine a Gen-X Faulkner on acid writing a horror novel - ...