The Perfume Burned His Eyes

First printing of 20,000

The debut novel from Michael Imperioli, a well-known and respected actor, best known for his role of "Christopher" on The Sopranos.

Imperioli is also very well-connected in the theater and literary worlds, having launched his own theatre company, appeared at NYC's Symphony Space's Selected Shorts reading selections from Paul Auster's work, and has been involved in other readings at the Queens Museum of Art, etc.

Imperioli is very motivated to publicize and promote his debut novel and will use his various connections in literary, film, TV, theater worlds.

Akashic will hire an independent publicist to supplement our efforts, especially in broadcast, mainstream media.

The late, great musician Lou Reed is a key character in the novel.