Nonesuch Man: an illustrated novel

Winter 1962. A child is discovered in the frozen Oregon woods. Mute and feral, wandering lost, naked and near death. He is brought to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. A routine physical exam reveals anomalies. The boy has all his secondary teeth. He's already showing signs of puberty. Unheard of for a four-year old. And a bungled blood test fails to identify another abnormality. The boy isn't human.He doesn't speak, so the psychiatrists assume the boy is a runaway, or he was abandoned by his parents. They diagnose autism. Mentally disturbed genius Dennis Englehardt, Ph.D., is a brilliant anthropologist. And he has a different the boy was born in the woods. But raised by whom? Or by what? Dennis will come to learn that his assessment is correct. And that he alone holds the key that will unlock the riddle. But not until the wild-child grows to be a man. The Nonesuch Man."NONESUCH MAN is a rare delight—a father-son story about a half-Sasquatch that reads like ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST meets THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Elkins's writing is blade-sharp and this book is funny from the jump. But a blood-red living heart beats just below the surface. And NONESUCH MAN may just gut you. All hail the Sasquatches among us!"

— Mickey Rapkin, author of PITCH PERFECT

“NONESUCH MAN is great entertainment. Andy, “the half-human,” is a true original – his life story a compelling, remarkable and mythic tale. Highly visual, the novel reads like a screenplay, but one enhanced by an eloquent internal monologue that dives deeply into an engaging ensemble of unforgettable characters. Capped with a clever twist ending I never saw coming.”

— Michael Goi, EMMY nominated film director and cinematographer (Megan is Missing, American Horror Story, The Last Airbender)

“NONESUCH MAN is a wonderful read with imaginative, offbeat subject matter and genuinely tender and touching moments throughout. Rich with poetic and emotional passages and a quirky sense of humor. With a lovely sense of sympathy and joy for the weird and the outcast, and how they survive, or don’t, in a world of both kindness and cruelty.”

-- Susan Goldberg, story analyst, Castle Rock Entertainment; judge, Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards; programmer, Ashland International Film Festival.