Jim Dodge was een Amerikaanse romanschrijver en dichter wiens werken thema's uit folklore en fantasie verweven, gesitueerd in een tijdloos heden. Zijn schrijfstijl wordt gekenmerkt door een unieke stem die lezers vervult met een gevoel van verwondering en contemplatie. Dodge onderzocht diepgaande vragen over het menselijk bestaan, waarbij hij vaak elementen van magisch realisme gebruikte om de relatie tussen de mensheid en de natuurlijke wereld te onderzoeken. Zijn literaire nalatenschap ligt in zijn vermogen om werelden te creëren die zowel vertrouwd als vreemd aanvoelen, en daarbij diepe waarheden over het leven te ontdekken.
George is a tow-truck driver who offers his customers one of the few free rides in life in his pure-white, perfect, stolen 1959 Cadillac Eldorado. His mission is the discovery of higher truth and the return of the Caddy to its rightful owner, the Big Bopper. But George meets trouble on the way.
Jim Dodge, renowned for his fiction, reveals his deep-rooted passion for poetry through a collection of limited-edition letterpress chapbooks and broadsides. After years of anonymous publishing and local readings in the Pacific Northwest, he has shared his work with a wider audience since 1987 by gifting winter solstice poems and stories to friends. This journey highlights his dedication to the craft and the intimate nature of his poetry.
Starting with his mother's roundhouse right to a nun's jaw, this is a modern odyssey of one man's quest for knowledge and understanding in a world where revenge, betrayal, revolution, mind-bending chemicals, magic and murder are the norm.
There's Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. Thanks to his home-distilled hooch, Ol' Death Whisper, he reckons he's in with good shot at immortality. And then there's Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent. And then there's Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound mallard, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee household. Hilarious, heartwarming and magical, Fup is a contemporary fable that inspires an almost evangelical fervour in all who read it. It is a work of enormous originality with a giant heart.
George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers.
Life of Pi meets Aesop's Fables - a modern-day fable for adults
When Daniel Pearse's mother dies, he is brought under the guidance of the AMO: the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws. It is an introduction to a world of revenge, revolution and mind-bending chemicals, where anarchists, alchemists and high-stake gamblers exist. It is also a place in which magic and murder are the norm.So Daniel begins a road-trip across America, an extraordinary quest for knowledge and understanding, for a six-pound spherical diamond and for an answer to the question of who killed his mother.Subtitled 'An Alchemical Pot-Boiler', Stone Junction is an unforgettable outlaw classic.
A whimsical story about Grandaddy Jake Santee, a 99-year-old gambler, his adopted grandson Tiny, and Fup, a boozy twenty-pound mallard. Their lives intertwine in humorous and transformative ways, bringing chaos and charm to the Santee household.
In the latter days, the world is portrayed as increasingly chaotic, dominated by godlessness and lawlessness. The Scriptures suggest that this period will be marked by moral decline and societal upheaval, challenging individuals to navigate a landscape where traditional values are under threat. This exploration of prophetic insights encourages readers to reflect on the implications of such a reality and the importance of faith amidst turmoil.
