Mule (ePub)

A young family man caught in the Great Recession turns to running marijuana cross-country to make ends meet in this "timely, witty, and fast-paced" novel (Booklist).

James and Kate are golden children of the late twentieth century, flush with opportunity. But an economic downturn and an unexpected pregnancy have them desperate to find a way to make do. And they happen to have a friend in California's Siskiyou County who grows prime-grade marijuana. If James transports just one load from Cali to Florida, he'll pull down enough cash to survive for months. And so begins the life of a drug mule.

Fans of Breaking Bad will love this page-turning, Zeitgeist-capturing novel that plunges into the criminal underworld with little chance to take a breath. Mule is about people whose morals are tested by unbearable financial stress, trying to survive when the American Dream that had once been handed to them-fully wrapped and ready to go at the takeout window-suddenly vanishes from the menu.

"A smart and bracing ground-level exploration of the drug trade." -Kirkus Reviews

"Thanks to its wicked style and pacing, Mule lets me forget I'm reading serious literature while I follow its terrifying story into the land of the all-American damned." -Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air

"Mule is swift, taut, and relentless . . . A rip-roaring drug tale." -Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies

"With adrenaline-infused sentences and a seat-gripping story line, Mule is a novel that illuminates contemporary American desperation, both its dangerous precipices and its thrilling, overwhelming freedom." -Dean Bakopoulos, author of My American Unhappiness