The Art of Disillusionment by David Synn is an offering of "pornography or salvation" for the streetwise melancholy. David Synn directs us to look at the harsh reality of human existence by diverting our glance inward to our lives tortured by self inhumanity. This glimpse into our mongrel selves and societal decay is expressed in a melodic cadence of words escaping print and entering the mind like a song. Hidden below the darkness is an underlying candle of hope, hope in one's self, hope in humanity "for she is the one who is bleeding."- Chad M. Cardinal