Tom Cardamone's writing is addictive.
I was first introduced to his work last year when I had the pleasure of reviewing the Lambda Literary Award winning Green Thumb. Since then I've sought out his other work and recently crossed paths with the filthy, gorgeous Pacific Rimming.
Pacific Rimming chronicles the sexual adventures of a nameless narrator who loses himself in drugs, the Manhattan gay club scene and his obsession with Asian men. He forms no attachments, preferring to move from one night stand to one night stand, attending only the bars and clubs where he knows he can indulge his paticular fetish.
This novella is worlds away from the speculative cataclysm of Green Thumb. Cardamone keeps this tale firmly rooted in 1990s New York City. And there is a grittiness and immediacy to his writing here that envelops the reader; you can feel the tingle of the drugs, smell the smoke and sex.
Pacific Rimming is yet another example of an artist who writes with a sure hand, comfortably at home in any genre he chooses to write in and navigating with ease the language that each tale needs to be told in. I'm very thankful to Chelsea Station Editions for bringing this book back into print, since it is not to be missed. If your looking for an unapologetic, graphic slice of the sexual underground and enjoy writing that will place you firmly in the story, then Pacific Rimming is the book for you and Tom Cardamone is the man that will bring it to you.
Happy reading!
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