The Last Taxi Driver
by Lee Durkee
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Pub Date 27 May 2021 | Archive Date 19 Apr 2021
Oldcastle Books | No Exit Press
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Description
The Last Taxi Driver is a darkly comic novel about a day in the life of an exhausted, middle-aged hackie about to lose his job to Uber, his girlfriend to lethargy, and his ability to stand upright to chronic back spasms. Lou - a lapsed novelist and UFO enthusiast who has returned to his home state of Mississippi after decades away - drives for a ramshackle taxi company that operates on the outskirts of a college town among the trailer parks and housing projects. With Lou's way of life fast vanishing, an ex-dispatcher resurfaces in town on the lam, triggering a bedlam shift which will test Lou's sanity and perhaps cost him his life.
Against this backdrop, Lou has to keep driving, and driving - even if that means aiding and abetting the host of criminal misfits haunting the back seat of his Town Car.
Written by a former cabbie, The Last Taxi Driver careens through the highways and backroads of North Mississippi as Lou becomes increasingly somnambulant and his fares increasingly eccentric. Equal parts Bukowski and Portis, Durkee's novel is an homage to a dying American industry.
Advance Praise
'A wild, funny, poetic fever-dream that will change the way you think about America' - George Saunders
'By turns hilarious, angry and sweet, once again Durkee perfectly captures the mood of our time' -Washington Post
'The Last Taxi Driver is unpredictable, emotionally moving, and laugh-out-loud funny' - Chris Ofutt
'One of the best novels in recent memory' - Washington Examiner
'Much of what makes Lee Durkee's novel so delightful and surprising is his ability to dig beneath the surface of this funny, well-told odyssey, which channels a Shakespearean tragedy. This twenty-year follow up to his debut novel, Rides of the Midway, was worth the wait' - Chicago Review of Books
'For devotees of the offbeat and grit lit writers like Larry Brown and Mary Miller. Follow the air freshener rocking back and forth, taking you under its spell, as Durkee takes you for a ride' - A.V. Club
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780857304575 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
