Jesus' Son--Stories

This collection of linked stories receives an emotionally inspired narration by Will Patton. Portraying a seemingly hopeless young drifter, addicted to booze and hard drugs and perhaps even the lifestyle he detests so much, Patton is intense and vulnerable. Each story provides listeners with a portrait of life in suburban America from the addict's point of view. Appropriately, Patton's reading is anything but warm and welcoming, but his delivery is so inescapably present that it draws listeners into the work and compels them to drop any preconceived notions about the protagonist and his life. The result is a memorable journey. L.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2010 Audies Finalist (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

January 25, 2010
Will Patton, award-winning reader of Johnson’s oeuvre, brings to life his dark, drug-addled, tragicomic world. Each short story offers another vista on a lost, sorrowful American underworld where recurring characters stumble through dive bars, dead-end relationships, emergency rooms, car crashes, and petty crimes. Patton’s narration is pitch perfect; he produces voices for a collection of gritty, bent souls who spend their lost days riding buses, hitchhiking, breaking into abandoned houses, drinking at the Vine, and stealing pills from the hospital dispensary. An absolute must for Johnson fans and a fine introduction to the author’s work. A Picador paperback.