This quirky and funny novel has become a cult classic, for the tiny cult of folks who have read it. If you like Sherman Alexie or Tom Robbins you might like it.

A young man walking near an Oklahoma highway realizes to his surprise that he doesn't remember who he is. Yet he knows that the white van approaching him means danger. He manages to evade the van and make his way to a gas station where a stranger gives him a ride to a house whose odd occupants seem to know him.

From there he follows the path of least resistance into the world of rock and roll superstars, big time drug deals, Las Vegas mafia, and voodoo rituals in the Louisianna swamps, all the time trying to recover the life he's forgotten. His only clue is a phone number, but when he calls it, the garbled voice says that the number he has reached, 'the land of debris and the home of alfredo," is no longer in service.

Despite its relatively modest sales, this book has garnered more enthusiastic fan mail for Kenn than all the rest of his books combined. A pattern has emerged, however: the only folks who love it are the ones who've actually read it.

The book is most famous for being the first novel ever printed on tree-free paper made from the kenaf plant, an African annual now grown in Mississippi. It's acid-free, chlorine-free and recylable. Because the paper isn't made in huge quantities, it was four times as expensive as regular paper. Clearwater did not raise the price of the book to reflect that. We had to buy the paper directly from the manufacturer, convince a printer to use it, ship it to the printer and pay extra fees for them trying this strange new stuff. We're delighted we could help this fledgling industry along.

Alas, the army of people who think of themselves as environmentalists did not find this particularly interesting. Somehow, it's noble to buy a T-shirt with a catchy environmental slogan, but vaguely distasteful to support the tiny enterprises who go out on a limb and spend their mastercards on making these "green" technologies viable. Although we sent two hundred review copies to environmental journalists, not one of them mentioned it.A mention in the environmental journalists' newsletter reached 1200 equally disinterested writers. And, of course, none of the major book reviewers had space to mention the book. Or, let's face it, the minor ones either. Even the printer we armtwisted into printing on the paper we shipped them patted themselves on the back for their vision in their own newsletter, but did not mention the title of the book. Neither did the company we bought the paper from, until we suggested it to them.There's a link to them at the right.

We're not bitter, but we have gone back to requesting plastic bags at the grocery store. Kenaf is neat paper, it may be the wave of the future, it will save entire forests. If you're a big enough publisher to eat the loss, we hope you'll print the second novel on kenaf paper.

If you've got some confidence in your own taste as a reader, and you appreciate quirky, funny writing, you might risk $14 on this one. If you've read one of Kenn Amdahl's other books you already have a sense of the style.

It's possible the book will become a valuable collectible because of the paper, but we make no predictions, recommendations, warranties or assurances either expressed or implied

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