by T.C.Boyle (Author)
It is the seventies, at the height of flower power. Star has just joined Drop City, a hippie commune in sunny California living the simple, natural life. But underneath the drugs, music and transcendent bliss, she slowly discovers tensions and sexual rivalries that threaten to split the community apart. A world away in Boynton, a tiny town in the interior of Alaska, Sess Harder, a pioneer who actually does live off the land, hunting, trapping and fishing, yearns for someone to share the harsh winters with him. When the authorities threaten to close down Drop City, the hippies abandon camp and head up north to Alaska, the last frontier. But neither they nor the inhabitants of Boynton are completely prepared for each other - and as the two communities collide, unexpected friendships and dangerous enmities are born.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01 Mar 2004
ISBN 10: 0747568073
ISBN 13: 9780747568070
Book Overview: TC Boyle's most commercial, accessible book - funny, enquiring and completely riveting. Published for the first time in paperback with a beautiful new cover. Longlisted for the 2005 IMPAC literary prize