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A road trip. A love story. A tale of discovery. This is a hypnotic debut of broken love on the run, from a blazingly original writer.
"In front of me the long length of the road wound out, wound out and wound on under hot sky. And I drove..."
Highway Blue tells the story of Anne-Marie and Cal: the story of their brief marriage, and also of their long estrangement. And when a violent ambush hurls the two of them cross-country on the road, it becomes the story of their search for salvation. On their ill-at-ease odyssey along the darker seams of the country--from sweaty motel rooms and darkened parking lots, encountering other whisky-soaked souls along the way--Anne-Marie sifts through the consequences of their crime. But this is also the story of love, in all its broken forms, and how the pursuit of love is, in turn, a kind of redemption.
Written in spare, shimmering prose, this is a novel of tragedy and transcendence, of being lost and found across an almost mythical American landscape. With all the power and grace of a latter-day Denis Johnson, Highway Blue introduces an electrifyingly singular and brilliant new voice.
"In front of me the long length of the road wound out, wound out and wound on under hot sky. And I drove..."
Highway Blue tells the story of Anne-Marie and Cal: the story of their brief marriage, and also of their long estrangement. And when a violent ambush hurls the two of them cross-country on the road, it becomes the story of their search for salvation. On their ill-at-ease odyssey along the darker seams of the country--from sweaty motel rooms and darkened parking lots, encountering other whisky-soaked souls along the way--Anne-Marie sifts through the consequences of their crime. But this is also the story of love, in all its broken forms, and how the pursuit of love is, in turn, a kind of redemption.
Written in spare, shimmering prose, this is a novel of tragedy and transcendence, of being lost and found across an almost mythical American landscape. With all the power and grace of a latter-day Denis Johnson, Highway Blue introduces an electrifyingly singular and brilliant new voice.