With Martyrs and Holymen, Larry Fondation continues to record gritty
stories of city life. In his fifth book of "L.A. Stories" he has
expanded the scope to include the experiences of Angeleno soldiers on
duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and also returning home. When Fallujah is
transplanted to Southern California, "survival" can take many meanings,
all of them translating into four letter words. Fondation details the
scars left by that which does not kill us, and tests the notion that we
really are left stronger by the experience.