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REVEREND AMERICA
A story of love, murder, and unexpected redemption in New Depression America
Meet Casper, a.k.a. Mathias Gaspenny: Skeleton-thin albino, former child evangelist and faith healer, con-artist, orphan, rape victim, mental health patient. And murderer. His journey across an America long with unemployment lines and foreclosed houses hearkens back to the trials of the Dustbowl migration of the 1930s. Only it's not the Dirty '30s when hardscrabble people of the heartland faced the challenges of bankruptcy, homelessness and the struggle for healthcare and nutrition. It's happening now. This complicated, proud Pale Rider discovers along the way a makeshift family of strangers and pilgrims, including a firecracker of a young teenage prostitute, nine months pregnant; and a dementia-ridden old folksinger and would-be communist. This unlikely trio sets out on a mission of communal self-discovery that leads them to the bayous of Louisiana, still recovering from the hardships of Hurricane Katrina and the neglect of federal agencies. Hope for tomorrow always comes at a price, but there is wisdom in endurance-and grace in survival.
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Published 2012-02-01 by Dark Coast Press |