Ben Marcus (born Chicago, 1967) is a writer of surrealist fiction. His books and stories do not use traditional narrative structure, or sometimes even common usage of words. Common themes that emerge are family, the midwest, science, religion, although their treatment in Marcus's writing lends to new interpretations and conceptualizations of those concepts.
If you were to talk to BenMarcus, assistant professor of writing in the School of the Arts, you would probably find him to be well-mannered, articulate, self-assured and generally at peace with the world around him.
Marcus uses his own name for the novel's protagonist, thus creating the easy assumption that there is much of himself in the troubled character who narrates the bulk of the story.
BenMarcus, the writer, insists he had a "great childhood." The dystopia he invents is something born out of his long fascination with child rearing and development.
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