Tropical Notes from the End of the World
John David Elliston
language
(Fenlo Books, March 13, 2017)
Tropical Notes from the End of the World knows that some seventeen year olds are just different. Some aren't understood. Some want their lives to be different. And some of those do something about it. The sparkly creature this book wants to tell you about changed his name to numbers, sought binary perfection in the beat-down sun of the Florida Keys, unintentionally morphed into a multi-dimensional, practically-freaking-omniscient super being, and saved the world entire (all before his eighteenth birthday). Part science fiction beach book, part mystic dystopia, part adventure story, part Young Adult / Wild Adult, this story wants you to read it. It also wants to have a drink with you under that palm tree over there (Mad Moon Juice in a starlight glass, no chaser). Celebrating the full fury of life, this story features a shape-shifting coyote, a magical shark wearing a fedora, alliteration, a gold nugget watch, the deep stinging sunlight of the little latitudes, and other creatures both human and non. Don’t forget the kick-ass soup can, the religious mysticism, the self-salvation, and the fat guy. This book is a cosmic approach to our playful life and times. And it knows too much.