An Authentic Derivative: A Novel

Indie rocker Garrett Sedgwick is a reclusive artist struggling to assert his identity to a sectarian fan base.

Cynical graphic artist Neil Oberlin is given the task of sketching Sedgwick's next album cover. However, proximity to the brooding musician begins to compound Neil's own anxieties about himself, his generation, and Sedgwick's great secret.

Things are about to get awkward.