The marvel of this gritty and propulsive first novel is that Darren DeFrain, right out of the gates, has staked claim on a wild new territory of desperate love, alienation, heartbreak, and redemption. A stranger in his own land, our hero Brian is driving across America to find himself or to lose himself, he’s not sure which. He’s got a passenger with him-Randy, a one-armed Mormon Lone Ranger, a character as memorable as any in contemporary fiction, and there’s room for one more.
The marvel of this gritty and propulsive first novel is that Darren DeFrain, right out of the gates, has staked claim on a wild new territory of desperate love, alienation, heartbreak, and redemption. A stranger in his own land, our hero Brian is driving across America to find himself or to lose himself, he’s not sure which. He’s got a passenger with him-Randy, a one-armed Mormon Lone Ranger, a character as memorable as any in contemporary fiction, and there’s room for one more.