Life on Mars: Runaways, Exiles, Drag Queens and Other Aliens in Florida

by Alexander Stuart (Author)

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  1996

  $5.27

  In the 1990s, from the perspective of almost anywhere else in the world, Florida resembles nothing so much as the Planet Mars itself. A swamp turned into a mindless paradise, a lure for tourists, spacemen and exiles, a state increasingly racked by racial tension and random gang violence, this is a place unlike any other. This work explores the extremes of Florida, the place where people come to reinvent their lives, escape from the past, themselves and reality. It weaves personal stories with tales of tragedy, survival and transformation exploring where Florida is now and where it, and many of us, might be headed.

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.24

  Is Miami, with its Spanish-speaking neighbourhoods, its trendy Deco beach scene, its heat, dust and drag queens, truly a part of America - or is it more like Mars? Is it simply the home of vice, violence and Mickey Mouse - paradise with a lobotomy - or might it be a spiritual place? Alexander Stuart left Brighton for Miami six years ago to rebuild his life following the death of his son. What he found when he got there was a land of transformation, a place where people come to reinvent their lives, to escape from the past or themselves, or even reality. This book explores the eccentric extremes of Florida, and paints a skewed, off-beat portrait of where the world may be heading.