Already Dead: A California Gothic

Maayɗo jooni: Gotik Kaliforni ko deftere winndiyanke Ameriknaajo biyeteeɗo Denis Johnson winndi e hitaande 1997. Ko HarperCollins yaltini ɗum ñalnde 1 ut 1997.

 Sinopsis 
To wuro Mendocino, to leydi Kaliforni, Nelson Fairchild, jom suudu jom suudu mum, ina jogori warde debbo mum Winona. Nelson ina ɗaminii e anniya ronkude jeyi baaba mum maayɗo mo ƴellitaaki e jawdi leɗɗe. E nder yiɗde haɗde mo seertude e Winona, baaba Nelson wasiyiima ndonu makko e Winona. Nelson ina ɗaminii huutoraade feccere e ndonu nguu ngam yoɓde ñamaande 92 000 dolaar nde o yoɓata e yeeyoowo kocaine biyeteeɗo Harry Lally caggal nde o waawaano timminde golle makko. O wonta paranoid, o sikki Lally ina jogii hitmen ina rewi e makko. Caggal nde Nelson hisni Carl Van Ness, gooto e maɓɓe fof, e yiɗde warde hoore mum, Van Ness jaɓi ƴettude golle warngo debbo Fairchild. Nelson noon, ina yiɗi debbo mum hippie biyeteeɗo Melissa, debbo Otirisnaajo, mo kanko e hoore makko woni e jokkondirde e gorko toowɗo biyeteeɗo Frankenstein. Nelson ina ɗaminii kadi ngartam celluɗam e ndema mum marijuana toowka, kanko e gollodiiɗo makko mawɗo biyeteeɗo Clarence Meadows, surfer mawɗo.

Deftere nde ina waɗi daartol ngol aldaa e limto, diwtungol hakkunde kewuuji 1990 e 1991. Deftere nde ina wayloo hakkunde neɗɗo gadano e neɗɗo tataɓo e nder heen fof, haa arti noon e hakkunde tonngoode ndee.

 Jaɓɓugo 
Michiko Kakutani mo The New York Times ƴetti deftere nde, o inniri nde "deftere nde alaa ko waawi, nde alaa ɗo haaɗi" e "deftere nde janngaaka, nde waawi wonde e sahaa gooto, nde alaa ɗo haaɗi, nde alaa ɗo haaɗi, nde alaa ɗo haaɗi, nde alaa ko woni e mum."

E nder ƴeewndo jillondirngo, Kirkus Reviews winndi wonde "[ina yahra] yeeso, hay so tawii ko mawnde, e binndol ngol ina heewi jogaade semmbe e hakkille. Kono ina waɗi ko ɓuri heewde e kala ko ina wona: yaakaare mojobere, New Age meandering, e fitful seeɗa fitinaaji dow.

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