"A bleeding-edge contemporary novel that dives into the heart of Donald Trumps America. Three artists set out across the country to make a movie. Theres Suzie, the jaded writer; Jim, a corporate suit-turned-video artist who survived 9/11; and a hipster videographer, Remy. They team up to make a piece of 'road movie video/performance art about about "freedom and democracy and starting over and making a clean break and moving forward and making America great again. From that jumping-off point, Roy Scranton takes us on a provocative, genderqueer, shape shifting response to our current moment.I Heart Oklahomais a nonlinear, formally daring book about art, guns, American landscapes, American history, and American stupidity, that moves from a bleeding-edge look at our current moment to a furious, Faulknerian retelling of the Charlie Starkweather spree killings of the 1950s, capturing along the way in its fragmented, mesmerizing form, the violence that has always been near the heart of the American dream"--
A woman looking to redefine her future signs on to work with a rebellious, maverick videographer making a road movie about Donald Trump’s America, in a political satire from the controversial and critically acclaimed author of War Porn.
Roy Scranton, controversial and critically-acclaimed, brings us a formally daring road trip into the heart of present-day America.
Suzie’s seen it all, but now she’s looking for something she lost: a sense of the future. So when the chance comes to work with a maverick video artist on his road movie about Donald Trump’s America, she’s pretty sure it’s a bad idea but she signs up anyway, hoping for an outside shot at starting over.
A provocative, genderqueer, shapeshifting musical romp through the brain-eating nightmare of contemporary America, I Heart Oklahoma! is a book about art, guns, cars, American landscapes, and American history. This kaleidoscopic novel moves from our bleeding-edge present to a furious Faulknerian retelling of the Charlie Starkweather killings in the 1950s, capturing in its fragmented, mesmerizing form the violence at the heart of the American dream.
