![]() ![]() On his way south, he picks up a one-eyed record-store owner named Marvin Deitz who insists that he’s the reincarnation of Geoffroy Thérage, the executioner responsible for lighting the pyre that killed Joan of Arc. Mike sells the last painting he can, secures a used 1998 Chrysler minivan, and hits the road. Then Mike finds out that his ex-wife has died suddenly of an apparent brain hemorrhage, and he vows to make it to Los Angeles for the funeral, through hell or high water. ![]() He has a job at a fast-food restaurant but gets fired for assaulting a customer. Now he’s a raging alcoholic who hasn’t painted in years. Mike Vale is a Portland, Oregon–based artist who once sold his paintings for incredible sums before his career and personal life took nose dives. Rosson ( The Mercy of the Tide, 2017) presents a surreal road novel about misfits on a journey to Southern California. ![]()
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