Charles McLeod's fiction has appeared in publications including Conjunctions, DOSSIER, Five Chapters, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, and on Salon. A Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia, he has also received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and San Jose State University, where he was a Steinbeck Fellow.

"A strident satire on the American-dream-turned-nightmare... The writing is sharp and clever" Guardian "Charles McLeod's writing is very special...crisp and rhythmical, sometimes almost poetic... Bright and sparky" -- William Leith Evening Standard "A strong, original voice and sharp wit" Irish Examiner "Raucous, so original... Stunningly good writing... Scorching humour" -- Eleanor Henderson, author of 'Ten Thousand Saints' "This is a wonderfully wicked book that has the potential to impress or offend, depending on your sensibilities. It's like nothing else I've read this year, and Jim is such a hideously lovable rogue that even with all his bad behaviour, I couldn't help but think he'd be a great person to have in your circle of friends" Bookbag