When violence, humor, squalor and love unite to provide an idea—as sincere as it is harsh—of the place a man occupies in the modern world   A motorcycle trip to Alaska turned into an epic journey through the American continent and a daring literary project: three short novels that unreservedly examine US culture, illuminating its most complex and obscure aspects. Shotgun Zen, a devastating portrait of a young peasant fleeing justice along with his autistic brother who, one fine day, axed their parents to death. Mojave Flowers follows in the footsteps of a thug sent by the Catholic Legion of Decency to recover a compromising script in 1930s Hollywood, where censorship and debauchery duke it out for control of the streets. The Future, portraits a motorcycle racer who risks his life and his sanity in a desperate search for glory, at the brutal racetracks.