Drift: A Novel

An explosive fierce and lyrical novel set in the barrios of San Antonio and Los Angeles from an electrifying new voice in American fiction. At sixteen Robert Lomos has lost his family. His father a Latin jazz musician has left San Antonio for life on the road as a cool-hand playboy. His mother shattered by a complete emotional and psychological breakdown has moved to Los Angeles and taken Roberts little brother with her. Only his iron-willed grandmother worn down by years of hard work is left. But Roberts got a plan: Duck trouble save his money and head to California to put the family back together. Trouble is no one believes a delinquent Mexican American kid has a chance―least of all Robert himself.. Wrenching and wise Drift gives an unflinching vision of the menace of adolescence the hard edge of physical labor and the debts we owe to family.