Roadside Bodhisattva

[Dave Monroe]

Roadside Bodhisattva [hc]
a novel by Paul Di Filippo
publication date: June 2010
£20.00 [$32.00]
Hardcover

Edition: unsigned
Introduction: None
Cover Artist: TBC
ISBN: 978-1906301941

Synopsis / Contents:

Kid A, sixteen, a runaway, determined to equal the hobo exhilarations
and revelations described in the books of Jack Kerouac, is wandering
the highways of the American Northeast. Stopping to sleep for the
night under a particularly hospitable tree, he meets Sid, a
fifty-something old-timer of the roads, who steps into the Kid's life
like an apparition, full of stories and existential wisdom. The two do
not travel together far before settling down to work at the Deer Park
Kitchen - Motel and Filling Station attached--for what should be a
brief, restorative stint. But Deer Park is full of interesting
personalities, some expansive, some in need, and the short stay comes
to span many weeks, which will change forever the lives of both Sid
and Kid A . . .

In the ensuing epiphanies and misunderstandings befalling Kid A, hope
and disappointment are mixed, as sexual attraction, honest hard
labour, growing knowledge of strangers, and curious philosophical
insights combine into the boy's first proper experience of the world.
In all this there is a rough but lyrical conviction, superbly captured
in Paul Di Filippo's fine naturalistic prose. However, as Kid A thinks
he is at last developing a sense of belonging, a shattering betrayal
is revealed.

In this exuberant but ultimately bittersweet tale of a teenage boy's
coming of age, Paul Di Filippo has composed a compelling variation on
the traditional road novel, one that subverts the genre keenly even
while celebrating it.

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Roadside Bodhisattva [sc]
a novel by Paul Di Filippo
publication date: June 2010
£50.00 [$80.00]
Slipcased Jacketed Hardcover

Edition: 100 signed
Introduction: None
Cover Artist: TBC
ISBN: 978-1906301767

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