Dead Metaphors is the story of Hank Nichols, a reclusive, alcoholic former prodigy who published an award-winning novel at the age of twenty but has not published any work in decades. He is an angry, self-destructive person who continues to write prodigiously but who refuses to share his work with anyone else. Hank is approached by an ambitious journalist named Anna Livia. She hunts down Hank and through a series of interviews begins to crack Hank's hardened shell. Anna's entrance into Hank's life sets off a chain reaction of explosive events that will challenge Hank's identity as an artist, challenge Anna's identity as a journalist, and ultimately change both of their lives forever.
