Last Last Chance: A Novel

ISBN: 0374183856

Author: Maazel, Fiona

Condition: New

Last Last Chance, Fiona Maazels first novel, is one of the most distinctive debuts of recent years: a rollicking comic tale about (in no particular order) plague, narcotics recovery, and reincarnation.A lethal strain of virus vanishes from a lab in Washington, D.C., unleashing an epidemic-and the world thinks Lucy Clarks dead father is to blame. The plague may be the least of Lucys problems. Theres her mother, Isifrid, a peddler of high-end hatwear whos also a crackhead and pagan theologist. Theres her twelve-year-old half sister, Hannah, obsessed with disease and Christian fundamentalism; and Lucys lover, Stanley, whos hell-bent on finding a womb for his dead wifes frozen eggs. Lastly, theres her grandmother Agneth, who believes in reincarnation (and who turns out to be right). And then there is Lucy herself, whose wise, warped approach to life makes her an ideal guide to love among the ruins. Romping across the country, from Southern California to the Texas desert to rural Pennsylvania and New York City, Lucy tries to surmount her drug addiction and to keep her family intact-and tells us, uproariously, all about it.Last Last Chance is a novel about survival and recovery, opportunity and despair, and, finally, love and faith in an age of anxiety. It introduces Maazel as a new writer of phenomenal gifts.