The Furthest Palm is an urban novel shaped as a series of
disjointed short stories held together by tone, perception, and the
single-named protagonist, Trace, a loner navigating the savage
streets of Los Angeles, whose best friends are Jack Daniels,
Potter's vodka, his 1948 Packard, and three women -- Lisa, Amy, and
ex-wife Josephine.
Trace is a writer-for-hire, a lifestyle choice that puts him in
constant contact with those who live under the "vaporous cloud of
wretched hopelessness" that is at the core of the rotten L.A.
promise. His L.A. is one of drumming rainstorms, raging brushfires,
cloying hangovers aggravated by the crackling desperation of
marginalized low-budget movie producers, meth-addicted hustlers and
con men, a one-armed stripper, taco shop poets, serial killers and
cannibals, overcrowded Urgent Care clinics, toxic red tides in the
Santa Monica Bay, psychopathic stalkers, and a victim of
spontaneous combustion.
Trace's adventures are mirrored by those of his own fictional
alter ego, Dan Knight, a tough-talking, gun-toting P.I. who
resolves every conflict, major and minor, with his own brand of
bullet-riddled Social Darwinism. Hovering in the background of The
Furthest Palm are the ghosts of Chester Himes, Sam Peckinpah, and
F. Scott Fitzgerald. By the time we arrive at the shattering
epilogue, Trace himself dissolves into his own mythology.
"I'm drawn to "The Furthest Palm" and the adventures of Trace as
he wanders through L.A. phenomena, particularly the blown-up pigeon
and his dilemma with dwarfs, as well as the Kafka-like episode with
the cop, and, of course, Josephine, and all the details of L.A.,
the dinner and the film and scribbler encounters, the curse of
survival."Rudy Wurlitzer, author of "Quake" and "Pat Garrett &
Billy the Kid"
General
| Imprint: |
Silver Birch Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2012 |
| First published: |
August 2012 |
| Authors: |
Rodger Jacobs
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
294 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-615-68249-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-615-68249-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780615682495 |
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