The Importance of the Outsider, from Multi-Award-winning writer Michael Daswick.
It’s 1979. In the fishy SoCal beach town of No Palms, a young man named Chip Rock has aged out of the pathetic orphanage known as Boys Hall. Both unsettled yet oddly motivated, Chip sets out to find a meaningful place in the world. It’s no ordinary journey. Aimless and often quick with bad choices, Chip wanders into a rich tapestry of characters: the grumps at the No Palms Women’s Club; an outcast meatcutter; the nagging neighbor Rosita right across the street; the Old Town Dog, luckless fishermen, and the pretty new girl at the bank.
CHIP ROCK and the FAT OLD FART is a novel about revelations, underdogs, fatherhood, and the fragile threads that hold families together. The sequel, CHIP ROCK and the CATALINA KID, explores the strength of dreams and the unexpected pursuits of heroism.
These are high-concept tales full of humor, unexpected tragedy, and equally surprising joy. Dogged by peril, an ordinary orphan faces gripping situations which require extra-ordinary feats, continually testing Chip’s fragile humanity. Chip and his mates barrel through dramedy and calamity time and again, headlong into endings none of them ever expect. Chip Rock fiction won both of Columbia’s prestigious literary awards.
