Please Use Rear Exit

"Insanely ambitious and relentlessly creative" -- Jeff Weiss (LA Weekly, SPIN, etc.)

An analog offering to the digital gods, "Please Use Rear Exit" is a warped reflection of the celebrity obsessed, Tweet-happy world of Los Angeles and all its sexy-ass VIP sections. This Los Angeles, however, is so besieged by The Internet that the world wide web literally encases the city via a system of buses—its residents, buildings, businesses, everything. Leading the way through it all is Mikhail, who is in dire need of a boozy night out. Fresh off a particularly venomous break-up, he hasn’t been out with his friends for months. They weave in and out of bars and nightclubs, always in search of the best party, the sexiest women and the next whiskey-on-the-rocks. But what begins as a simple quest for debauchery soon turns into a thrilling adventure full of naughty dangers, mysterious characters and speaker-rattling hip-hop. His is a night dodging the antagonism of Robert Horry and discovering the flirtations of the invisible girl; living for the moment and in fear of deadly animal attacks ravaging a city; crossing the velvet rope and, ultimately, crossing friendships. It’s a raucous ride through a world increasingly dependent on technology, and what happens when we finally look up from our smartphones.

Formerly the Senior Editor at URB Magazine, author Brandon Perkins has contributed to the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, HuffingtonPost, SuicideGirls and more. His musings on Wu-Tang and Lil Wayne were anthologized in the Da Capo Best Music Writing series. “Please Use Rear Exit” is his first novel.