Drop City

Star is a young woman who travels to Drop City, a commune in California, to escape society's constraints and feel part of something important. However, she begins to suspect that free love was invented by a man who couldn't get laid any other way and that chilled-out means lazy. When rape charges are brought and the police threaten to close down Drop City, the hippies decamp to the wilds of Alaska, where they run into trouble and make unexpected friendships.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 10 January 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

One of the most hilarious and nuanced novels we've had about the hippy era's gradual descent into darkness... this may be his most emotionally complex novel. (New York Times Book Review) Star has traveled to Drop City, a forty-seven-acre commune in California, to escape her home, societal constraints, and to feel part of something important. But she begins to suspect that free love was invented by some desperate dude who couldn't get laid any other way, and that chilled-out means lazy. And as for peace-living, there seems to be an ugly undercurrent of violence. Then, when rape charges are brought and the police threaten to shut down Drop City, the hippies decamp to the wilds of Alaska, where they intend to live off the land. But instead, the community runs into trouble, unexpected friendships are made, and dangerous enemies are born.

Weight: 370g
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526608895