An outlaw epic reissued as part of the Canongate "Canons" range. Daniel falls in with the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws, an anarchic world of chemicals, high-stakes gambles and revolution opened up before him. Introduction from Thomas Pynchon.

Jim Dodge is the author of three novels, including Fup and Not Fade Away, and a collection of poetry and short prose, Rain on the River. He lived for many years on an isolated ranch in western Sonoma County and has been by turns an apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd for five years, a woodcutter and an environmental restorer.