The latest from a startling first novel about guy friendship, difficult choices, and life in the middle of nowhere. This startling debut novel is about both the velocity and the inertia of being a teenage boy in America. It's about Gary, who drives around aimlessly with his best friend Wilson in a stolen car, looking for something to do but only finding trouble or boredom. It's about Gary's attempts to be a good boyfriend and a good son, even though his girlfriend is on to his issues and his dad has a tornado temper. It's about living in a town that you've known your whole life but doesn't know you at all. It's about looking for escape, and the price you sometimes have to pay to get free.
Author
Kevin Waltman was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, and spent his teens and twenties in Indiana—time spent mostly around basketball courts and political events. He moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 2001 to get his MFA in fiction at The University of Alabama. There, he met his wife, Jessica Kidd. He now lives in Coker, Alabama, with Jessica, their daughter Calla, and their dog Henry. He teaches. He writes. He gardens. He cuts kudzu from their woods. He is the author of four y.a. novels. The first two are Nowhere Fast and Learning the Game. The two most recent—Next and Slump—are the first two parts of a four-part series from Cinco Puntos Press. The third in the series, Pull, will be out in late 2015. You can see more about Kevin, or find teaching guides to some of his work, at kevinwaltman.com..
