"I have an email address for him and sometimes I'll contact him and say we're sold out and we need another 20 copies. "We've often talked about the mysterious nature of the person who drops off the book," Singleton said. He thinks the man who delivers copies of "Oxygen Thief" is the book's writer, but it's been a couple of years since he's seen him. "Oxygen Thief" has been such a homegrown operation that the author not only served as his own editor and cover designer, but has also sold the book in the streets and would personally ship it to retailers, sometimes taking on orders for thousands of copies.ĭouglas Singleton, a buyer and manager at McNally Jackson, said the store has sold more than 200 copies of "Oxygen Thief," the in-house record for a "consignment order." Asked if he has met the author, Singleton said he wasn't sure. First published by the author in 2006, the book has slipped on and off the charts ever since, apparently dependent on the occasional tweet or other online comment. Some books catch on immediately, others take their time, but "Oxygen Thief" has really followed the scenic route. 'Who the hell is it?' I think it's a very powerful place to write." The author went unnoticed outside this Manhattan bookstore recently despite high demand at that location. "It couldn't be more naked, but at the same time. "It has an unusual negative space," says the author, who on email uses the names Tom Wilkinson and Stanley Easyday and prefers to be identified as O2Thief. Known to his growing fan base as "Anonymous," he has given us one of the more unusual self-published successes: "Diary of an Oxygen Thief," a 147-page fictionalized memoir, or autobiographical novel, depending on how much of this story of a recovering alcoholic and the damage he has inflicted and absorbed you care to believe. It’s a no-holds-barred roller coaster that proves a twisted sense of humor can hide behind the most troubled souls.NEW YORK - The fair-skinned man with the hoodie and dark ski cap sits on a bench outside McNally Jackson Books in downtown Manhattan, where neither patrons nor employees seem aware that he's the author of a work so in demand at the store that it's often out of stock. This story exposes the brutality of emotional warfare and lays bare the raw nerves of human connections, or the lack thereof. 'Diary of an Oxygen Thief' is like a shot of whiskey - it burns, it intoxicates, and it leaves you yearning for another sip, even if it's poison. Through twisted irony, he becomes the very victim he once preyed upon. When our anti-hero meets his match in a woman who is just as emotionally conniving as he is, he finds himself spiraling down a rabbit hole of raw vulnerability and torment. Then enters a game-changer – a woman who flips the script. The narrator's own heart is a cryptic puzzle box, locked tight, hiding secrets that would even make Pandora shudder. From his boozy days in London, fraught with self-destruction, to his unsettling epiphanies in the streets of America, his journey is an insidious ballet of masochism and euphoria. His weapon of choice? A silver tongue that strikes with sweet words and leaves behind an asphyxiated wasteland of broken hearts.Īs you travel with the narrator through his relentless escapades, you're led into a maze of hedonism and emotional debauchery that’s eerily captivating. The unnamed protagonist, an Irish expat living in London and later moving to the USA, is a master of deception and emotional manipulation. Written as an confession by the nameless narrator, the book serves as an alarming revelation into the mind of a man on a diabolical quest to break hearts and reap pleasure from the anguish he inflicts. Feast your eyes on the confessions of an emotional serial killer! 'Diary of an Oxygen Thief,' by Anonymous, is a wickedly intoxicating blend of audacity, charm, and downright desolation.
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