| Author/Contributor(s): | McCabe, Patrick |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| Date: | 11/9/2004 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
A border town torn by terror, a mind flooded with visions, and one man's desperate quest for a peace that may not exist.
With T. S. Eliot's words as his guide, Joey Tallon embarks on a journey toward enlightenment in the troubling psychedelic-gone-wrong atmosphere of the late 1970s. Pulling pints at Austie Hogan's pub, he watches border tensions simmer while retreating into volumes of Eastern mysticism.
Torn between spiritual discipline and panic, he fills ledgers in his mobile home by the tinker camp, chasing total organization while violence rattles the town.
At the bar, longing for deliverance with an enigmatic blonde, Tallon plots an escape across the American Midwest, oblivious to the schemes of local councillor Boyle Henry.
A man deranged by desire, and longing for belonging, Tallon searches for his"place of peace" -- a spiritual landscape located somewhere between his small town in Northern Ireland and Iowa ... and maybe between heaven and hell.
- Black Humor: Between disastrous roadie gigs with garage-punk outfit The Mohawks and chaotic rehearsals in country dancehalls, McCabe balances brutal sectarian realities with razor-sharp farce.
- Also by This Author: Breakfast On Pluto, Emerald Germs Of Ireland and Mondo Desperado.