Henry

As Nick Bitzas writes, Henry “is a dark psychological comedy told in vignettes consisting of dialogue”. It’s an experimental piece, but one that I think you will find very rewarding. Nick Bitzas does very well to pull off this novel way of writing over 30 pages. The protagonist, Henry, is very much an anti-hero, but you can’t help but be stimulated by the crazy world in which he lives. Although Nick Bitzas uses only dialogue, his excellent characterisation skills superbly draw the characters that make up Henry’s world, such as his best friend Jeffrey, who wants to write a dictionary that explains what people really mean when they talk with each other, and Henry’s possessive mother, who needs someone to be the man of their house, now that Henry’s father has passed away. Henry is a story that forces the reader to become fully engaged, as the reader does have to do some work to follow this challenging but rewarding narrative.