Mule: A Novel of Moving Weight

?Thanks to its wicked style and pacing, Mule <\/I>lets me forget I'm reading serious literature while I follow its terrifying story into the land of the all-American damned.? ? Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air<\/I>

?Mule <\/I>is swift, taut, and relentless, both a rip-roaring drug tale and a fascinating portrait of a decent human being whose morals slowly disintegrate under unbearable financial strain.? ? Lauren Groff, author of The Monsters of Templeton<\/I>

James and Kate are golden children of the late twentieth century, flush with opportunity. But an economic downturn and an unexpected pregnancy send them searching for a way to make do. A friend in California's Siskiyou County grows prime-grade marijuana; if James transports just one load from Cali to Florida, he'll pull down enough cash to survive for months. And so begins the life of a mule.
A page-turning, Zeitgeist-capturing novel that plunges us into the criminal underworld with little chance to take a breath, Mule <\/I>is about young people trying to make do in a moment when the American Dream they never had to believe in ? because it was handed to them, fully wrapped and ready to go at the takeout window ? suddenly vanishes from the menu.

?With adrenaline-infused sentences and a seat-gripping story line, Mule <\/I>is a novel that illuminates contemporary American desperation, both its dangerous precipices and its thrilling, overwhelming freedom.? ? Dean Bakopoulos, author of My American Unhappiness<\/I>


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