by Brad Listi (Author)
An impressive debut from a major new voice in American fiction.
Days after his ex-girlfriend's suicide, Wayne flies to San Francisco for her funeral. When he learns that she aborted their child, Wayne embarks upon a search for meaning that takes him to unusual places and through some of the most influential events of the past ten years.
His journey takes him up and down the East Coast on foot, then over to Cuba where he meets the fishing guide who inspired Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, across the American West in an RV, ending up at the legendary Burning Man festival and an encounter with his soulmate, who turns out to be a six foot three giant of a woman in a purple cowboy hat.
Brad Listi's novel is a dazzling exploration of love and death that just so happens to include some drugs, prostitutes, naked cycling, Mantovani and the ingredients for a Molotov cocktail. It is one of the most inventive and rewarding debuts in years.
Attention. Deficit. Disorder. is the first great road novel of the 21st century.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 386
Publisher: The Friday Project
Published: 01 Feb 2008
ISBN 10: 1906321094
ISBN 13: 9781906321093
Book Overview: I WAS SHOWERING WITH A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD HAVANA PROSTITUTE IN ROOM 404 OF THE HOTEL AMBOS MUNDOS. I TOLD MYSELF THAT I MUST STAY CALM. Wayne Fencer is trying to come to terms with his ex-girlfriend's suicide. At her funeral he discovers that she was pregnant with his child. This revelation kick-starts him on a journey that will change his world forever. Hi journey takes him up and down the East Coast on foot, then over to Cuba where he meets the fishing guide who inspired Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, across the American West in an RV, ending up at the legendary Burning Man festival and an encounter with his soul mate, who turns out to be a six foot three giant of a woman in a purple cowboy hat. Brad Listi's novel is a dazzling exploration of love and death that just so happens to include some drugs, prostitutes, naked cycling, Mantovani and the ingredients for a Molotov cocktail. It is one of the most inventive and rewarding debuts in years. Attention. Deficit. Disorder. is the first great road novel of the 21st century. / An LA Times bestseller
In his graceful debut novel, Brad Listi evokes a portrait of grief that is weird and true. At once an adventure and a deep character study, Attention. Deficit. Disorder. is a book you'll want to share.
Owen King, author of We're All In This Together
An ironic, often humorous take on the anomie of youth
People magazine
Brad Listi is the author of the bestselling novel Attention. Deficit. Disorder. and the founder of the online literary collective TheNervousBreakdown.com. He lives in Los Angeles.
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