
"A terrifying book, a mixture of poetry and obscenity. . . the characters] are people who can't be ignored. Mr. Johnson has written a dazzling and savage first novel."--Alice Hoffman, New York Times Book Review The most critically acclaimed, and first,...


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This is about two men who meet on a Greyhound bus heading East from California. They both have a little money to burn so they decide to do it together. And so begins a stunning, tragic odyssey through the motels, sleazy bars, bus stations and mental wards of the dark side of...

The odyssey of two losers--Jamie, mother of two young children, fleeing her unfaithful husband and the world by downing bottles of barbituates, and Bill Houston, a professional thief looking for a job--who find each other as they lose everything.


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'A dazzling and savage first novel' New York Times