Zig Zag

- Blurb -

A botched dispensary heist leaves a pair of young lovers on the run through the Mojave Desert. Equal parts Elmore Leonard and Charles Portis - with Larry McMurtry' s cowboy hat along for the ride - Zig Zag is a stoned odyssey across the dive bars, neon-lit motels, and lost highways of the American West. Capri Dall has a foolproof plan to knock over the marijuana dispensary where she works. But when her boyfriend botches the heist, the two of them end up in a stolen car with a trunkful of rare high-end weed - and an unhinged security guard on their trail. Harry Robatore is a burned-out rhinestone cowboy, barely scraping by as a bail bondsman. Agreeing to help out an old pal, and settle his bar tab, he sets out to track down the lovers on the run. The chase begins in the San Fernando Valley and leads him deep into the heart of the Mojave Desert-building to an explosive showdown at a ghost town tourist trap. ' A stoned odyssey across the dive bars, neon-lit motels, and lost highways of the American West. ' - Mike Postalakis, author of L. A. By Mouth' J. D. O' Brien has written the perfect Country & Western novel. ' - Mike Postalakis, author ofL. A. By Mouth: The Essential Guide To Eating In Los Angeles' A rare debut crime novel with the hardboiled humor of Charles Willeford and Barry Gifford, J. D. O' Brien' s saga of a dope-smoking, Nudie suit-wearing bail bondsman is a freewheeling oater for the ages. ' - Jim Ruland, author ofForest Of Fortune, Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall Of SST Records' Feels like a great 70s movie. ' - David Gordon Green, director of Pineapple Express