Synopses & Reviews
Slam is a bright and acerbic depiction of the slacker culture of Texas, a testament to a lost and found generation. Dave stepped out of a Bastrop Federal Prison and into the home of one Margueritte Johnson, aka the Old Lady. The Old Lady passed on and left behind her house and twenty-three cats. 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, golddiggers, skateboard punks, lawyers, hackers and arsonists--a population of dropouts and misfits who will do anything to avoid doing anything.
Review
"A clear eyed journey though brilliantly observed parcel of the new American weirdness. Funny, moving and admirably human" --William Gibson
"Light, fast-moving and hard-edged." --San Francisco Chronicle
"It takes a laid back squit at reality and then slips into an alternative groove all its own." --The Boston Sunday Globe
"A beautifully understated comic nightmare, [with] plut twists worthy of Thomas Pynchon" --Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Lewis Shiner is the award winning author of five novels most recently
Say Goodbye,
The Laurie Moss Story. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.