Freeways: A Journey West on Route 66 [Hardcover]

Lewis Davies (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 8, 1998

A young Welsh writer's personal odyssey on Steinbeck's celebrated dust bowl route and winner of the John Morgan Award. It's like a set from a bad movie. The sheets are strewn across the floor, the television is playing to an empty theatre, and there is a hanging smell of cheap cigarettes. I look for blood stains and a body."" And so begins Lewis Davies's trek across America from his David Lynch-like room in a small motel in Tulsa. One summer, using Rt. 66 and the trail taken by the Okies during the 1930s as his map, he makes his way west. His winding road narrative captures the faces, voices, and lives of people who live and work in the restaurants, gas stations, stores, and theme parks along this once-vibrant, now tired, almost desolate route.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Evokes a vivid picture of the promised road to prosperity, bringing to life the sweat, toil and seediness along the way.' South Wales Echo. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Lewis Davies is a writer and publisher whose work includes the bestselling, award–winning classic novel of Welsh contemporary life, Work, Sex and Rugby, as well as other novels, plays, poetry collections and essays.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 172 pages
• Publisher: Parthian Books (May 8, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0952155850
• ISBN-13: 978-0952155850
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,911,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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