G.A. Johnson's debut novel mixes spirituality and with the
brutality and filth of street life and addiction.
Life after witnessing his father's murder at the hands of the
Klan was a narcotic waste land that took Murphy Johnson from
Neshoba County, Mississippi to Denver, Colorado. He was the man the
world walked around; he held a blank cardboard sign, and his eyes
were a frozen river. Nothing seemed to move on the surface, but the
water was flowing beneath an expression frosted over by
four-decades of drugs, alcohol, and concrete beds. Until he
reemerged into consciousness under a tree in Civic Center Park.
The Shiner explores the gamut of political chasms in society.
The man the world walked around becomes the man who changes the
world around him. Murphy is entangled in the lives of an ensemble
cast of street dwellers, suburbanites and aristocrats. Besides
fighting the ghosts of his past and the desire to fall back into
addiction, he fights for survival on the streets and in the world
of his new employer-an escort service pimp. Villains are not what
they seem and the innocent are less than so, but Murphy embraces
them all with a child's love-even the man who is trying to kill
him.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2013 |
First published: |
April 2013 |
Authors: |
G.A. Johnson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4826-6317-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4826-6317-1 |
Barcode: |
9781482663174 |
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