Long Way Home
Mike Evans
Feb 2027 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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272
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About this ebook
Long Way Home is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply felt novel about heartbreak, addiction, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
In the aftermath of a devastating breakup, Dan drifts through Los Angeles in a haze of street drinking, drugs, fractured memories, and emotional collapse, trying to make sense of the life he built and the person he’s become. As relationships disintegrate and old wounds resurface, he moves through motel rooms, bars, late-night diners, hospital visits, and the psychic wreckage of a city built on reinvention and illusion.
Haunted by lost love, self-destruction, and the impossible idea of “home,” Dan spirals through a world populated by addicts, artists, bartenders, hustlers, musicians, and fellow travelers, searching for meaning in the aftermath of betrayal and the slow erosion of identity. Along the way, moments of absurd humor, tenderness, and unexpected grace emerge from the chaos.
Blending lyrical reflection with noir atmosphere and confessional intensity, Long Way Home explores addiction, romantic idealism, shame, memory, and the uneasy tension between who we are and who we imagine ourselves to be. At once devastating and unexpectedly funny, the novel is a portrait of a man confronting the wreckage of his past while struggling to remain alive long enough to imagine a future.
In the aftermath of a devastating breakup, Dan drifts through Los Angeles in a haze of street drinking, drugs, fractured memories, and emotional collapse, trying to make sense of the life he built and the person he’s become. As relationships disintegrate and old wounds resurface, he moves through motel rooms, bars, late-night diners, hospital visits, and the psychic wreckage of a city built on reinvention and illusion.
Haunted by lost love, self-destruction, and the impossible idea of “home,” Dan spirals through a world populated by addicts, artists, bartenders, hustlers, musicians, and fellow travelers, searching for meaning in the aftermath of betrayal and the slow erosion of identity. Along the way, moments of absurd humor, tenderness, and unexpected grace emerge from the chaos.
Blending lyrical reflection with noir atmosphere and confessional intensity, Long Way Home explores addiction, romantic idealism, shame, memory, and the uneasy tension between who we are and who we imagine ourselves to be. At once devastating and unexpectedly funny, the novel is a portrait of a man confronting the wreckage of his past while struggling to remain alive long enough to imagine a future.
Long Way Home is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply felt novel about heartbreak, addiction, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
In the aftermath of a devastating breakup, Dan drifts through Los Angeles in a haze of street drinking, drugs, fractured memories, and emotional collapse...
About the author
Mike Evans is a writer and former film and television producer living in Atlanta. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, LA’s FLOOD Magazine, and Maggot Brain, published by Jack White’s Third Man Books, and his short fiction has appeared in Mobius Blvd and BULL. Mike is a doting uncle to two bully breeds, Arlo and Storm, and is currently at work on a prequel to his Long Way Home saga, NEW DAN CITY.
Mike Evans is a writer and former film and television producer living in Atlanta. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, LA’s FLOOD Magazine, and Maggot Brain, published by Jack White’s Third Man Books, and his short fiction has appeared in Mobius Blvd and BULL. Mike is a doting uncle to...
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