Matt Overland

Cigarette Philosophy & Perfect Monotony Matt Overland

Cigarette philosophy is simply the words exchanged while having a smoking break. They can be as simple as the weather or as complex as life and its meaning. Nevertheless they are the musings of a smoker while isolated from the rest of the general population by the deadly cloud of tobacco - or similar smoke. Perfect monotony is the state in which every day seems to be a continuation, or copy of the last, either as horrifying mania or beautiful depression, it's perfectly monotonous nonetheless. Cigarette Philosophy and Perfect Monotony is the novel whose description you are reading right now. It's both all and none of the above as much as it follows the writer who tries to experience so much of life that he overlooks the experiences right before his nose. His voice is cynical yet has a twisted humor in its tone, all with an ambient soundtrack of existential desperation. It is best enjoyed with massive amounts of coffee and cigarettes.