Flight of the Spumonis

Flight of the Spumonis
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 333
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ISBN-10 : 9781491759387
ISBN-13 : 1491759380
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Flight of the Spumonis by : David Perlstein

Download or read book Flight of the Spumonis written by David Perlstein and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What drives a 13-year-old trapeze artist to run away from the circus? Marco Spolini seeks freedom from an overbearing father, critical stepmother and smothering uncle. A journey of discovery takes him from New York to Los Angeles across a 1980 America beset by economic and political frustration. Accompanied by a 15-year-old multiracial street kid named Jimmy Q and hunted by a relentless female private eye, Marco encounters a legless Vietnam veteran dealing drugs while writing country songs, a former porn star married to a televangelist, a widowed truck driver hauling a bizarre secret, a four-person softball team featuring three statuesque women, an Iranian refugee pursuing the American dream in New Mexico, an intellectual motorcycle gang and a California whose dark side matches its legendary sunshine. A Huckleberry Finn for our time, Flight of the Spumonis offers a satiric, moving look at an America in transition and the timeless human quest for community.


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