THE JOLLY CORONER. A PICARESQUE NOVEL - Tecno-Libro

Evil .wakes .while the people sleep. Amongst the strip malls, concrete blocks and empty parking lots of the Southern town of Hokum, the American dream lies broken. A helpless immigrant the state has declared dead finds himself .unable to prove otherwise. .Abused Mexican kids .abduct their schoolteacher escaping back across the border. A haunted .hillbilly .dangles from a flagpole refusing .to believe his wife and .children .aren&rsquo.t ghosts. The Warden, a .camo-wearing military obsessive pedals .drugs .whilst .blaring Stockhausen. A down on her luck .junkie .fails .to drown herself and resurfaces .to find .love.  .All these characters have one thing .in common: they will all .find a way to wind .themselves in to the coroner, .Billy&rsquo.s life. . Billy&rsquo.s .love of celebrity and .aversion to hard work leaves a growing trail of wronged members .of the public &ndash. a trail