Tiger in a Trance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400030637)

Max Ludington has created a stunningly self-assured American road novel that captures the drug induced euphoria and paranoia of a Grateful Dead concert, while simultaneously probing the self-destructive tendencies of its head-strong protagonist.

Traveling around the country in his old Volvo following the Dead for over a year, eighteen-year-old Jason Burke discovers how much more lucrative selling acid is than selling T-shirts. Liberally dabbling in his product, his judgment gets cloudier and he starts snorting heroin and sleeping with his supplier's girlfriend, a green-eyed beauty named Jane. Jason also meets Melanie, a rebellious one-armed high-school girl who's youthful abandonment leads her deeper into the nomadic world of the Dead. And as his addiction takes hold, Jason reacquaints himself with an old friend of his late father's who's near the end of his days. While he struggles with the ghosts of his own past and his exceedingly tenuous future, Jason has to decide where his heart lies and which road will ultimately take him there.

Author: Max Ludington
ISBN-10: 1400030633
ISBN-13: 9781400030637
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2004
Pages: 402
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.24w x 0.87d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 12/12/2004 pg. 30