Punk Rockwell

by Michael Rothenberg

Spy-for-hire Punk Rockwell is a charismatic intellectual, a sexual survivor, a mimic, a clown -- and a renegade man of action. His tracking down a mysterious precious cache of "caviar", a synthetic ecological cure-all that represents Russia's last chance to rescue its land, its people, and its economy in the decaying free-fall of a post-Cold War world. Rockwell's quest leads him on a perilous whirlwind chase through Mexico, Latin America, Russia, along the California coast, and deep into the Florida Everglades. Narrated by poet/eco-warrior Jeffery Dagovich, the book uses poetic vision, psycho-narration and memory jags to explore the dark, complex relationships among Dagovich, his artist wife Emily, Punk Rockwell, and Angelina -- an eternal beauty who once saved Fidel Castro's life. An adventure tale by an adventurous writer, PUNK ROCKWELL is strange, sexy and innovative

186 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001