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Utopia, Texas

Utopia, Texas

Totten, Joe

Hardcover

FantasyMystery & Thriller

ISBN13: 9798295863950
Publisher: Joe Totten
Published: Apr 30 2026
Pages: 284
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The year is 1970. After years of war, urban riots and political assassinations the country was in the throes of tremendous cultural upheaval. Utopia, Texas tells the story of a remarkable road trip taken by eighteen-year-old Jim Birdwell and his grandmother Rue through a turbulent, troubled America. Their journey to Utopia, Texas, to attend a funeral, takes these two unlikely travelers across the Deep South where they experience first-hand the cultural and racial differences dividing the nation. Along the way, they pick up a young radical running from the law, a saxophone player struggling to cope with the country's legacy of racism, a young woman fleeing the suffocating constraints of her family and a high school teacher turned drug dealer. At the center of the story is Jim Birdwell, who has just received his draft notice and faces the real possibility of fighting in Viet Nam. Jim is clueless about sex and in love with Milly, the young radical wanted by the FBI for murder and domestic terrorism. Following the funeral in Utopia, Rue gives Jim her Cadilliac and convinces him to dodge the draft. Jim and Milly head off into the vast landscapes of the American West. It's a big country, Rue tells Jim, there are lots of places to hide.

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