Losing Graceland
Subtitle: a novel
By: Micah Nathan
Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Broadway Paperbacks
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780307591357
Subjects: College graduates; Young men; Fiction; Sightings; Older men
Description: When Ben Fish responds to an ad that reads "Driver Needed Seven Days Excellent Pay No Druggies, Drunks, or Felons," it'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.--From cover.