Buzzell exhibits a Henry Miller-like talent for the memorable character sketch. Davy Rothbart reads from letters, notes, scraps of paper and school papers, which have been lost by their original owners. every soldier that goes into combat takes the risk of losing his life. Big on self-mockery, Buzzell more resembles a literary prodigy. are short daily journal entries written by a soldier named Colby Buzzell. “A witty, fearless, sharp-eyed chronicler of America in decline. In his new travelogue Lost in America, 30-something San Franciscan Colby Buzzell claims to be 'a mop prodigy': good at wielding a mop. In the tradition of John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley, Buzzell’s Lost in America uncovers the starkrealities of our national character even as it explores the deepest questionsof identity, unity, and fatherhood.
"Nothingless than the soul of an extremely interesting human being at war on ourbehalf." -Kurt VonnegutĪstunning portrait of modern America by Colby Buzzell,the critically acclaimed author of My War: Killing Time in Iraq.Recounting his five-month journey through the country, from its thrivingcoastlines to its rust-belt wrecks, Buzzell reveals aparadoxical landscape of American dreams both achieved and broken, manifestdestinies claimed and refuted, and community ties pulled apart and patchedtogether.
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