Losing Graceland A Novel

by Nathan, Micah

• ISBN13: 9780307591357
• ISBN10: 0307591352
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-04
• Publisher: Crown

Summary

An irreverent tale about a recent college grad, a mysterious old man who may be Elvis, and a perilous road trip that could lead to the old manrs"s final comeback. When Ben Fish responds to an ad that reads "Driver Needed Seven Days Excellent Pay No Druggies, Drunks, or Felons," itrs"s because of the money ($10,000) but also to get away from his dead-end life. He has just graduated from college with a useless degree, has gotten dumped by his longtime girlfriend, and is still mourning his father, who died in a freak accident. Yet Ben finds himself in for more than he expected, as the old man who placed the ad seems to be a still-living Elvis who leads Ben on a 900-mile journey to Memphis in search of his granddaughter. Along the way they brawl with biker gangs, consult a backwoods oracle, rescue a hooker named Ginger from her one-eyed pimp, and ultimately find some answers about themselves and their place in the world.

Author Biography

Micah Nathan’s bestselling debut novel Gods of Aberdeen (Simon & Schuster, 2005) was published in six countries. His essays and short stories have appeared in Bellingham Review, Diagram, Boston Globe Magazine, Eclectica, Commonweal, and other national publications. He is the 2010 recipient of the Saul Bellow Prize in Fiction, and his short stories have been finalists for the Tobias Wolff Award and the Innovative Fiction Award. In 2006 he coauthored a screenplay for Dimension Films. Micah is currently a Leslie Epstein Fellow at Boston University’s MFA program.