Walk Me to the Distance (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Percival Everett
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: The Vietnam War era
- Setting: Savannah, Georgia, and Slut’s Hole, Wyoming
- Principal Characters: David Larson, Chloe Sixbury, Patrick, Howard Dale, Jill, Butch, Joshua Lowe, Reverend Damon Zacks, Olivia, Katy Stinson
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, South or Southerners, Prostitution or prostitutes, Georgia, Vietnam War, Property, Ranches, ranchers, or ranching, Sheep, Suburban life
- Locales: Georgia, Savannah, GA, Slut’s Hole, WY, Wyoming
The Novel
Returning from the Vietnam War to his native Savannah, Georgia, David Larson feels as “unremarkable” as when he left. This general sense of detachment is evidenced by his unemotional response to the loss of his parents in a traffic accident during his absence and the subsequent ease with which he distances himself from his sister because of her antiwar sympathies.
Purchasing a used car, David motors west. Chance lands him in Slut’s Hole, Wyoming, after he damages the car’s radiator while shooting at a jackrabbit. Forced to spend two weeks in town until...
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