New Stanton - by Maxwell Vagus (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

New Stanton sits on the shores of a dried-up prehistoric sea-the kind of town you pass through without staying, a streak of neon across a night-traveling mind. That's exactly where Harold Dean finds himself trapped, menaced by a rockabilly psycho, a mysterious German doctor, and his own fragmented past. While his prized 1964 Chevy Malibu is the key to his escape, he just can't remember where he left it.

New Stanton is a postmodern night journey told through the eyes of Harold Dean, a shady alcoholic, as he explores a town where identities morph, angels tend bar, and everyone is a demon. Searching for his Malibu, Harold must avoid Dr. Freytag's diabolical plan to turn him into a Boltzmann brain while navigating the complexities of a tender librarian and a seductive femme fatale, assisting a catatonic skateboarder, and ultimately rebuilding a New Stanton by solving the mysteries of his own dysfunction.