God Clobbers Us All Paperback by Poe Ballantine

Product Details

• Publisher: Hawthorne Books (2004-05-01)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 196 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780971691544
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

A humorous coming-of-age novel following eighteen-year-old orderly Edgar Donahoe as he navigates romance, drugs, and friendship, culminating in a mysterious disappearance

Set against the decaying halls of a San Diego rest home in the 1970s, God Clobbers Us All is the shimmering, hysterical, and melancholy account of eighteen-year-old surfer-boy orderly, Edgar Donahoe, and his struggles with romance, death, friendship, and an ill-advised affair with the wife of a maladjusted war veteran. All of Edgar's problems become mundane, however, when he and his lesbian Blackfoot nurse's aide best friend become responsible for the disappearance of their fellow worker after an LSD party gone awry. Ballantine's own brand of delicious quirkiness and storytelling is smooth and compelling, and God Clobbers Us All is guaranteed to satisfy Ballantine fans as well as convert those lucky enough to be discovering his work for the first time.

About the Author

POE BALLANTINE currently lives in Chadron, Nebraska. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Sun, Kenyon Review, and The Coal City Review. In addition to garnering numerous Pushcart and O. Henry nominations, Mr. Ballantine's work has been included in the anthologies The Best American Short Stories 1998 and The Best American Essays 2006.