A contemporary noir, Already Dead is the tangled story of Nelson Fairchild Jr., disenfranchised scion to a northern California land fortune.
Already Dead, with its masterful narrative of overlapping and entwined stories, will further fuel the acclaim that surrounds one of today\'s most fascinating writers..
This is Denis Johnson\'s biggest and most complex book to date, and it perfectly showcases his signature themes of fate, redemption and the unraveling of the fabric of today\'s society.
Desperate, terrified and alone, for Nelson, there may be only one way out.
Now Lally wants him dead, and two goons are hot on his trail.
Chickening out just before bringing the drugs through, he flushed the powder.
What\'s more, in need of some quick cash, he had foolishly agreed to smuggle $90, 000 worth of cocaine through customs for Harry Lally, a major player in a drug syndicate.
His marriage has fallen apart, and he may lose his land, cash and crop in the divorce.
Nelson has some serious problems.
Now his future lies in a potentially profitable marijuana patch hidden in the lush old-growth redwoods on the family land.
A relentless failure, Nelson has botched nearly every scheme he\'s attempted to pull off.
A contemporary noir, Already Dead is the tangled story of Nelson Fairchild Jr., disenfranchised scion to a northern California land fortune
