A dutiful husband and father walks out of his life and into a road
trip from hell in a novel Toni Morrison calls "astonishing" and Don
Delillo proclaims "a slasher classic . . . strange, dark, and funny."
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**Wylie Jones has a happy marriage, beautiful children, and backyard
barbecues in his tastefully decorated suburban house. One night he
follows a sudden impulse, leaves his wife in bed, and commandeers his
neighbor's emerald-green Ford Galaxy 500, driving away without a second
look. He sheds all traces of his old life in favor of a new name and a
new life and drives from town to town, following his deepest impulses
where they lead.
By turns scathing and hilarious, Stephen Wright's outrageous
rollercoaster of sex and violence probes the nihilistic and savage core
of the American identity.