America Fantastica Author:Tim O'Brien A bank robbery by a disgraced journalist sparks a cross-country chase through a nation corroded by shameless delusion and deceit. — At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in northern California. — “How much is on hand, would you say?” he asked the teller. “I’ll want it ... more »all.”
“You’re robbing me?”
“Not you,” Boyd replied, revealing a Temptation .38 Special.
Angie Bing, the teller, scraped together $81,000.
Boyd stuffed the cash into a paper grocery bag. “I’m sorry about this,” he said, “but I’ll have to ask you to take a ride with me. …”
So begins the adventure of Boyd Halverson -- star journalist turned notorious online disinformation troll turned JC Penny manager -- and his irrepressible hostage, Angie Bing. Haunted by his past and weary of his present, Boyd has one goal before the authorities catch up with him: settle a score with the man who destroyed his life. By Monday Boyd and Angie reach Mexico; by winter, they are in a lakefront mansion in Minnesota. On their trail are hitmen, jealous lovers, ex-cons, an heiress, a billionaire shipping tycoon, a three-tour veteran of Iraq, and the ghosts of Boyd’s past. Everyone, it seems, except the police.« less