Passage To Marfa

<p>Against the tumultuous backdrop of the 1970s Vietnam war era <em>Passage To Marfa </em>plunges readers into a gripping journey of escape radical politics and revenge. Gary Dalton a conflicted University of New Mexico dropout finds himself caught between his draft board and a vendetta pursued by Eldon Rodriguez a Marxist revolutionary and his one-time mentor. </p><p>Fleeing to Marfa Texas and hoped-for anonymity Dalton is introduced to a burgeoning art scene by the illusive Amy De Castro. Just as he begins to feel safe in this isolated desert community a botched drug deal brings Rodriguez in relentless pursuit. Their climactic confrontation unfolds on Black Mountain in the rugged Gila Wilderness of New Mexico.</p><p><em>Passage To Marfa </em>depicts characters whose lives are turned upside down by a power-seeking revolutionary posing as a liberator. The novel asks whether human suffering is a necessary condition of life something immune to utopian schemes and political machinations of all kinds. </p>