The Great American Suction
Drug-addled yard workers. Black-marketeering militiamen. Aimless celebrity impersonators. NarcotizedåÊpuffer fish. And at the center of it all, a pair of glue-huffing cousins who attempt to cope with the relentlessåÊdisasters of their lives by building giant trash monuments that attract their own strange fanatics. Welcome toåÊThe Great American Suction, a frenzied portrait of struggle and collapse - and occasional resuscitation - inåÊthe ruts and nooks of a beleaguered heartland. åÊPraise foråÊThe Great American Suction... ‰ÛÏA celebratory comic romp from a big-hearted writer.‰ -åÊGeorge Saunders"The Great American Suction is a glorious, glitteringåÊheap of astonishing prose and devastating human shenanigans. It‰۪s also an example of truth in advertisingåÊbecause it‰۪s great, it‰۪s American, and it sucks the pettiness right out of you. What a beautiful and hilarious novel! Every sentence is a new adventure, and another chance at life.‰ -åÊSam Lipsyte, author ofåÊHarkåÊandåÊThe Ask ‰Û