The debut novel by the author of “The Happiest Country in the World” and “Naive. Super”; in this book, most clearly you can see the influence of the writer whom Lou called his teacher—Richard Brautigan. The main character is brought under the power of a determined young woman, and he narrates—in a self-ironic manner characteristic of Lou’s heroes—about his joys and hardships, losses and gains, inner evolution, and attempts to remain himself.