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Chimes: A Monologue

by Tom Cole

A monologue shaped by shame and self-sabotage

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A monologue shaped by shame and self-sabotage

Chimes: A Monologue is a first-person account of addiction, shame, and self-destructive behavior, told through a performative monologue. Its narrator’s mischievous humor sits alongside reflections on class and queerness. After months of solitude, unresolved troubles return, and feelings of alienation and unworthiness become the pressure behind his search for unconventional solutions. The description frames the work as confessional, balancing comic elements with sincere insight; its focus is the narrator’s reckoning with the patterns and emotions he recounts.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in poetry presented as a dramatic monologue.
  • For readers seeking work that engages with addiction, class, and queerness.
  • For readers interested in confessional narratives involving shame and self-destructive behavior.

Themes

AddictionShame and self-destructive behaviorClass and queernessAlienation and unworthiness

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Book overview

A confessional narrative melding black humor with sincere insight that speaks on class, queerness and addiction

Through a striking performative monologue, Chimes follows the distinctive voice of a first-person narrator recounting his experiences of shame, addiction and self-destructive behavior with mischievous humor. Now, after months of monotonous solitude, a storm of unresolved issues resurfaces, and his escalating feelings of alienation and unworthiness lead to unconventional solutions.
In the tradition of the plays of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Georg B

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