Recipient of the 2019 Alex Award
"Mike Muñoz Is a Holden Caulfield for a New Millennium--a
'10th-generation peasant with a Mexican last name, raised by a single
mom on an Indian reservation' . . . Evison, as in his previous four
novels, has a light touch and humorously guides the reader, this time
through the minefield that is working-class America." --The New York
Times Book ReviewFor Mike Muñoz, life has been a whole lot of waiting
for something to happen. Not too many years out of high school and still
doing menial work--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a
landscaping crew--he's smart enough to know that he's got to be the one
to shake things up if he's ever going to change his life. But how? He's
not qualified for much of anything. He has no particular talents,
although he is stellar at handling a lawn mower and wielding clipping
shears. But now that career seems to be behind him. So what's next for
Mike Muñoz?In this funny, biting, touching, and ultimately inspiring
novel, bestselling author Jonathan Evison takes the reader into the
heart and mind of a young man determined to achieve the American dream
of happiness and prosperity--who just so happens to find himself along
the way.
