num_pages: 282
description: From the narrow streets of South London to the wide open spaces of Arizona Stewart Lee's acclaimed first novel traces the progress of a collection of misfits and losers all unwittingly caught up in a quest for the Holy Grail.Mr Lewis believes he was once an astronaut; Sid and Dannys Dire Straits covers band isn't exactly filling the pubs of Streatham; Tracy travels between Las Vegas and the Mexican border fleeing the suspicion that she's a serial killer; Bob a Native American clown no longer finds anything funny; Luther an acid casualty 1960s rock star has long since forgotten the most basic chord shapes; and Peter Rugg lost a cigarette down the back of a Portobello Road sofa thirty years ago and is still looking for it.These seemingly unrelated individuals eventually collide in the deserts of the American South-west where they form an uneasy alliance. Stewart Lees first novel combines an eclectic range of characters and cultures with an instinctive comic touch.
language: English
title: The Perfect Fool
publisher: Fourth Estate