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Luke Goebel | KILL DICK | Presented by Sidetrack Bookshop

Luke Goebel | KILL DICK | Presented by Sidetrack Bookshop

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Sidetrack BookshopRoyal Oak, MI
Monday, June 15  •  6:30 PM - 8 PM
Overview

Celebrate author Luke Goebel's newest literary thriller, Kill Dick

Sidetrack Bookshop presents author Luke Goebel to celebrate his newest modern literary thriller that unflinchingly dissects wealth, exploitation, and the perilous line between survival and self-destruction.

Luke will be at Sidetrack for a panel discussion with Teresa Wasson, author of Blame it on Nikki, and Julie Buntin, author of Marlena and Famous Men (out this July!)

Date: Monday, June 15, 2026, 6:30pm - 8pm. Doors open at 6pm.

Location: Sidetrack Bookshop,

Tickets:

  • $33.75 - Includes one general admission seat to the event and signing line with one hardcover copy of .
  • $5 - Includes one general admission seat to the event and signing line.

Additional copies of will be available for purchase at the event (while supplies last).

Parking in the Center Street Parking Garage located just north of Sidetrack Bookshop with entrances on both Washington and Center Streets is free for the first two hours and costs only 75 cents per hour thereafter, Monday through Saturday.

Please read on for more information about the event.

About Kill Dick

A fever dream, Kill Dick is a literary thriller that plunges into the chaos of Los Angeles, where addiction, privilege, and corruption combust.

At nineteen, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: she’s an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie’s ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father’s ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together.

Then there’s Peter Holiday, a disgraced professor running a rehab scam so audacious it’s almost admirable. When their lives collide, Susie and Peter are dragged into a web of privilege, corruption, and violence, where every escape leads deeper into the rot.

About Luke Goebel

Luke Goebel is an acclaimed author and screenwriter celebrated for his unflinching honesty and innovative storytelling. A recipient of the prestigious Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and the Joan Scott Memorial Fiction Award, his debut novel, Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours, garnered critical acclaim for its innovative and precisely lyrical, profoundly resonant exploration of love, grief, and the restless search for identity. Goebel also co-wrote Eileen, starring Anne Hathaway and McKenzie Thompson, and Causeway, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry (who received an Oscar nomination for his performance). He is known as well as his role as co-editor at The New York Tyrant and work with Tyrant Books. He lives in Portland, OR with his wife, fellow author Ottessa Moshfegh.

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Highlights

  • 1 hour 30 minutes
  • In person
  • Paid parking
  • Doors at 6 PM

Refund Policy

No refunds

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Sidetrack Bookshop

325 S. Washington Ave.

Royal Oak, MI 48067

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