Jim Dodge was an American novelist and poet whose works weave together themes of folklore and fantasy, set within a timeless present. His writing is characterized by a unique voice that imbues readers with a sense of wonder and contemplation. Dodge explored profound questions of human existence, often employing elements of magical realism to examine the relationship between humanity and the natural world. His literary legacy lies in his ability to craft worlds that feel both familiar and strange, uncovering deep truths about life along the way.
Starting with his mother's roundhouse right to a nun's jaw, this is a modern odyssey of one man's quest for knowledge and understanding in a world where revenge, betrayal, revolution, mind-bending chemicals, magic and murder are the norm.
Life of Pi meets Aesop's Fables - a modern-day fable for adults
When Daniel Pearse's mother dies, he is brought under the guidance of the AMO: the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws. It is an introduction to a world of revenge, revolution and mind-bending chemicals, where anarchists, alchemists and high-stake gamblers exist. It is also a place in which magic and murder are the norm.So Daniel begins a road-trip across America, an extraordinary quest for knowledge and understanding, for a six-pound spherical diamond and for an answer to the question of who killed his mother.Subtitled 'An Alchemical Pot-Boiler', Stone Junction is an unforgettable outlaw classic.