Eventually, with the LSD safely deposited and diluted in the ginseng, he succumbs to the workings of Fate and takes off for Mexico and a date - or so he hopes - with the divine Taylor Figueroa. 'Startling .
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Meet fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little. Desperate times call for the most unlikely of heroes.
'Startling . . . explosive and extravagantly satisfying.' Guardian
'Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny.' New York Times