My Brother Mercy

My Brother Mercy is a 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards winner. It is a deeply personal, heartbreaking, and at times hilarious take on the monotony of daily life, the complexities of familial relationships, and the pursuit of meaning in the seemingly endless loop of day-to-day existence. It is Shayne Woodsmith's followup to his arresting, dystopian novel Twenty-Seven.Felix sells computers, his older brother Mercy is an ex-hockey goon turned bar star, and his younger sister Amy...
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My Brother Mercy is a 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards winner. It is a deeply personal, heartbreaking, and at times hilarious take on the monotony of daily life, the complexities of familial relationships, and the pursuit of meaning in the seemingly endless loop of day-to-day existence. It is Shayne Woodsmith's followup to his arresting, dystopian novel Twenty-Seven.Felix sells computers, his older brother Mercy is an ex-hockey goon turned bar star, and his younger sister Amy barely has the motivation to finish her Bachelor of Design degree. They are all a part of generation angst. They don't know where they're going, but as for today, Felix will sell people things they don't need and brood about the tediousness of his unexceptional life. Mercy will drink, get laid, and bully Felix the way he always has. And Amy will try to protect Felix from Mercy, advising him how to live his life while seemingly unaware that she needs guidance herself.As Felix grows increasingly frustrated with his demeaning retail job and the pathological bullying of his older brother, he retreats from reality into nostalgia and fantasy. When a woman makes an unlawful request of Mercy, Felix is jolted back into the real world. Forced into a situation that changes his life forever, he must choose between helping his brother break the law and continuing his mundane existence.