Sky full of sand

By Rick DeMarinis

Subjects: Middle-aged men, Loneliness, Romans, nouvelles, Hommes d'âge moyen, Solitude, Husband and wife, Fiction

Description: "When aging bodybuilder Uriah Walkinghorse runs afoul of the corrupt El Paso elite, he finds himself pursued by narco traficantes, a suburban dominatrix, his ex-wife, tenants of his sleazy apartment building, and bankers. Behind this noir-inflected border tale of a good man in bad trouble lurks a touching meditation on the tenacity of life in the face of all odds"--Page 4 of cover.