![]() ![]() Alternately feted and feared as The Second Coming and The Anti-Christ, Theodore becomes a source of embarrassment to his daughter, an object of derision and morbid curiosity to the press, a prized specimen for scientists, and Satan incarnate to an obscure religious cult deep in the desert. The mourners are horrified, and the story inspires headline writers throughout the world. At his funeral three days later, Theodore sits up in his coffin, apparently resurrected. He sails through the windshield, and his head is sliced cleanly from his body, his suicidal plans unwittingly thwarted. But on his way, he is hit headlong by an oncoming van. ![]() Īs American Desert opens, the novel's hero, Theodore Street, is driving toward the ocean, where he plans to walk into the waves and drown himself. ![]() ![]() As American Desert opens, the novel's hero, Theodore Street, is driving toward the ocean, where he plans to walk into the waves and drown himself. ![]()
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