"An extreme, netoteric Catcher in the Rye for all disenchanted Millennials...brimming with kinetic vigor and the unapologetic brutality of Natural Born Killers... resonating with echoes of Camus and Patrick McCabe..." In this electrifying debut novel, hailed by critics as 'the most important American novel since The Butcher Boy and Fight Club, ' TAGGERS follows a group of young men who escape a mental hospital in Newark, Ohio and leave a trail of violent, bloody destruction in their campaign of personal sovereignty. Inspired by actual events, Miles dives headlong into the mind of madness, claiming his rightful place in the annals of splatterpunk fiction. 'What Palahniuk did to consumerism, Miles pays two-fold to religion.' Gods, guns, and improvised napalm. Say hello to Ugly Pete.