Slam
- Author Lewis Shiner
- Narrator Stefan Rudnicki
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 15 November 2013
- Run Time 6 hours and 45 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction: general and literary.
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What to expect
Slam is a bright and acerbic depiction of the slacker culture of Texas and a testament to a lost and found generation. Dave stepped out of Bastrop Federal Prison after a six-month stretch for tax evasion and into the home of one Marguerite Johnson, a.k.a. the Old Lady. The Old Lady passed on, leaving her house and her fortune to her twenty-three cats. But the cats need a caretaker—or so he thinks. There are others with an eye on the Johnson estate, and soon Dave is caught up in a whirlwind of anarchists, gold diggers, skateboard punks, lawyers, hackers, and arsonists—a population of dropouts and misfits who will do anything to avoid doing anything.
Critics Review
“A clear-eyed journey though a brilliantly
observed parcel of the new American weirdness. Funny, moving, and admirably
human.”
“Clear as the lacquer on a skater’s new deck.”
“It takes a laid-back squint at reality and then
slips into an alternative groove all its own.”
“Light, fast-moving, and hard-edged.”
“Slam
is must reading—an anthem—for IRS parolees who skate. For the rest of us it’s
just a quirky joy of a novel, one that happens to be thought provoking.”
“An unqualified delight.”
“Realism, idealism, and fantasy are skillfully
interwoven into a novel of personal adjustment and rebellion.”
“A beautifully understated comic nightmare about
an ex-con’s misbegotten attempts to tread the straight and narrow outside the
slammer…After a series of plot twists worthy of Thomas Pynchon or Joe Orton…Shiner
does manage a happy ending as magically unexpected as pulling twenty-three cats
out of a hat.”
| Author | Lewis Shiner |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Stefan Rudnicki |
| Duration | 6 hours and 45 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781481594301 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Fiction: general and literary |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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