Product Description

Wylie Jones has it all: the perfect wife, a good job, and a home in the suburbs. Then one summer's evening he steals a neighbour's car and embarks on a terrifying odyssey across the heart of America. Via episodes with crack addicts, pornographers and air-head yuppies, he makes his way west.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #358324 in Books
• Published on: 1995-09-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 305 pages

Customer Reviews

A disquieting voyage into the heart of the country.
Stephen Wright has obviously read Faulkner, Pynchon, Delillo and the like. Going Native revisits the literary landmarks of American literature through a sinuous journey into the heart of the heart of the country. His characters are the I/eye through which we browse the thin transparent surface of American culture, always on the brink of chaos, always on the fringe of something more terrible. Wright explores the surface beneath the surface of glamourous America. Going native is a voyage back to the roots, into disquieting Americana.