The Last Stand of Mr America [Kindle Edition]

Jason Flores-Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 20, 2009

Deep inside each of us there is a challenge: Individuality or Conformity? Action or Acceptance? One man, in spite of himself, is going to answer it. Sam is at the bottom of the American grave. His life a meaningless cycle of work and television. The only thing he has left - besides twisted explorations in an underground sex club - is his dark, cutting sense of humour. The Last Stand of Mr America is an assault on the contemporary American tradition. Through transgendered dementia, a heterosexual liberates himself to find meaning in a void. The work is a purge of self: a redemption.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Jason Flores-Williams is a literary force of nature...A train wreck of genius. -- San Francisco Examiner

Jason Flores-Williams is an all-American outlaw and edgewalker in the tradition of Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, and Biggie Smalls. The Last Stand of Mr. America cuts into our heart of darkness with no bullshit bedside manner and no anesthesia. -- David Gates, author of Preston Falls and Jernigan

Story has it that when young San Francisco author Jason Flores-Williams heard that the U.K. publisher that discovered Irvine Welsh and a slew of similarly gritty "outsider" writers was interested in his novel, The Last Stand of Mr. America, Flores-Williams moved to Scotland to stoke the imprint's interest personally. The brash tactic worked; Canongate/Rebel Inc. will rerelease his once self-published novel in November. In the meantime, the "Caligula of American letters" is returning to the scene of the crime to share his nihilistic views of sex, gender politics, American apathy, and the abyss in the very city that nourished his sadistic little work of (de)moralizing erotica. While Flores-Williams' grim, graphic, and heavy-handed style may appeal most to those purposefully bankrupt readers who thought Welsh's Filth was a frolicking good time, there is no denying Flores-Williams' gift for prodding shadows with a cold, unwavering Maglite. In his San Francisco, sex club sadists are reduced to overgrown Dungeons & Dragons fanatics; kind, unpretentious transvestites slip in the cracks between natural-born femaleness and tranny affectation; women chase their fear by chasing casual sex; men chase their fear with lists, fists, liquor, Nietzsche, and the perfect balance of muscle tone and beer gut; and none but the dead are redeemed. In the eyes of Mr. America, everyone is corrupt or corruptible. Even for the innocents heard whimpering behind the walls, it's only a matter of time before they too are besmirched. -- Silke Tudor, SF Weekly, August 14, 2001

The Last Stand of Mr. America has moments of dark, raw, sex-stained poetry, as well as ejaculations of sneering adolescent hatred. -- Michele Goldberg, MetroActive.com, 1998

About the Author

Jason Flores-Williams was born in Los Angeles, 1969. He graduated from City University of New York with an Honor's Degree in Philosophy in 1991. He then moved to Prague where he became the first pizza delivery boy in the history of Eastern Europe, and on to San Francisco where he wrote four novels in a basement and founded the Litstock literary festival in 1999. Since, he has wandered Europe - distilling his spirit for the battles ahead.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 364 KB
• Publisher: Nobody Rocks Press (March 20, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0023B1DN2
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #583,589 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an amazing book, September 26, 2002

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liz riley (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Stand of Mr. America (Paperback)

I found this book while I was living in England at Border's in Oxford. When I look for books I read the first page and if it catches my attention ill read it. When I picked up this book I read the first page and couldn't stop. But I couldn't read the whole book in the store so I bought it. I was also looking for a book because I was taking a week trip in the French Alps. I finished this book in four days. I was addicted. The writing in it was different from any other book I have read. It never got boring and you felt for the main character even though he was a pessimist, and I am the most optimistic person I know. When I was done I gave this book to my friend Paddy to read and he also thought it was great. I definately suggest this book to anyone who is looking for a different style of awesome reading!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like Nothing Else, April 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last Stand of Mr. America (Paperback)

My friend recommended to me "Last Stand". I hadn't heard of it and I don't know why. (Actually, I do.) There hasn't been a book published like this in years. Sam could be George Bush. I'm so sick of mealy mouthed writers equivocating about their positions...This guy pulls no punches. This book is a vicious assault on dumb America. A litmus test for the kidn of person you are. Deal with it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Denver Daze, March 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last Stand of Mr. America (Paperback)

We saw JFW read at the Lion's Lair in Denver. First, the dude is for real. Second, I haven't seen a lot of spoken word, but his reading was off the hook. If you get the chance, go!

I got his book. Really liked it. Couldn;t put it down, but it was a little intense and freaky for my personal taste. But still a great read. I recommend it for something different.