The Country I Lived In
John Rawbone Lourdes, WWII and Korean War vet and grandson of a notorious outlaw, hits the road in his Packard to explore the country. The year is 1955 and the Cold War dominates the political landscape, with clandestine government ops infiltrating all levels of public discourse, helping to create its own sanitized narrative and suppressing voices of dissent at all costs. Lourdes goes to visit an old friend in Texas who's called for help, only to find that the man has been tortured and assassinated by CIA agents...This is not only top notch literary fiction but important social history that has profound implications today. I've been a fan of the fearless Teran's work since his first book, GOD IS A BULLET. If you like writers such as James Carlos Blake, B. Traven and James Ellroy, you won't want to miss this one...--Patrick Millikin The Poisoned Pen