# The Suiciders

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{{Short description|2013 novel by Travis Jeppesen}}
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{{Infobox book
|name         = The Suiciders
|image        = File:The Suiciders.jpg
|caption      = First edition
|author       = [Travis Jeppesen](/source/Travis_Jeppesen)
|cover_artist = [Bjarne Melgaard](/source/Bjarne_Melgaard)
|country      = United States
|language     = English
|genre        = 
|publisher    = [Semiotext(e)](/source/Semiotext(e))
|release_date = 2013
|media_type   = Print
|pages        = 232
|isbn         = 9781584351252
}}

'''''The Suiciders''''' is a [2013](/source/2013_in_literature) [novel](/source/novel) by [Travis Jeppesen](/source/Travis_Jeppesen). Jeppesen's [experimental](/source/experimental_literature), non-linear narrative novel is about a group of queer squatters who declare war against their own minds and embark upon a road trip to the end of the world. The work was described by the publisher as a "[post-punk](/source/post-punk) [nouveau roman](/source/nouveau_roman)." In his review of the book, the novelist [Blake Butler](/source/Blake_Butler_(author)) described the novel as such: "There are 10,000 plots per page. It is in the accumulation of the plots, and the fantastic charging of Jeppesen's total mish-mash of syntax, physics, framing, voice, and possibility, that keeps you reading."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefanzine.com/what-the-witch-doctor-says-a-review-of-travis-jeppesens-suiciders/|title="WHAT THE WITCH DOCTOR SAYS": A REVIEW OF TRAVIS JEPPESEN'S THE SUICIDERS; Fanzine|via=thefanzine.com}}</ref> Another critic assessed the novel as "shocking, funny, and thought-provoking...a piece of abstract visual art, but constructed with words."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2013/10/the-suiciders-by-travis-jeppesen/|title='The Suiciders' by Travis Jeppesen; Lambda Literary|date=29 October 2013 |via=lambdaliterary.org}}</ref>

Shortly after the novel was published, Jeppesen twice performed "marathon readings" of the entire book without pause for over eight hours. The first reading took place in [London](/source/London) at the [Institute of Contemporary Arts](/source/Institute_of_Contemporary_Arts), while the second was held in [New York](/source/New_York_City) at the [Whitney Museum of Art](/source/Whitney_Museum_of_Art).<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Jeppesen: Marathon reading of The Suiciders |url=https://whitney.org/Events/TravisJeppesenMarathonReading |website=Whitney Museum of American Art |accessdate=5 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Jeppesen Reads The Suiciders |url=https://archive.ica.art/whats-on/travis-jeppesen-reads-suiciders-1 |website=ICA |accessdate=5 July 2021}}</ref>

The cover art of the novel's first edition was created by the Norwegian artist [Bjarne Melgaard](/source/Bjarne_Melgaard).

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