The Life of a Lifeless Teenager

Weirdness. That's the only word that describes the life of Jay Parker, an eighteen year old depressed student who's stuck in the absurd world called reality. The novel lacks an obvious plot, and each chapter has a different story, making it unconnected to one another. Each chapter tells the misadventures of Jay Parker, stories/poems that he wrote, and other surreal vignettes or dream sequences. The author has described this an experimental work of fiction that creates its own conventions through surrealism and dark humor.

Genre: Black comedy, Surreal Comedy, Satire

R-rated.

Update: Start from Chapter 21 to 48 for the relationship story-arc or at Chapter 66 to 81 for the realism story-arc where I removed the surreal aspects and make it more humorous while still maintaining autobiographical elements (this is where my writing skills really peaked). Chapter 82 onward is the Allison story-arc, telling the story of Jay's girlfriend Allison Hepburn and her absurd experiences with reality, marking the first time that Jay Parker is no longer the focal character, so as to maintain accuracy to the title (since Jay is now in his twenties).