The motel life - willy vlautin

In this powerful debut novel, brothers Frank and Jerry Lee are on the run after a hit-and-run accident.

Interweaving past and present, Vlautin unfolds the story of their unhappy lives--lives afflicted by drink, bleak economic circumstances, and family misfortune.

With echoes of Of Mice and Men ( The Bookseller , UK), The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers--on the run after a hit-and-run accident--who, forgotten by society, and short on luck and hope, desperately cling to the edge of modern life.