The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens — John Rechy

From internationally renowned novelist John Rechy comes a riotous bildungsroman loosely inspired by Fielding's Tom Jones. The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens follows the journey of handsome Texan Lyle Clemens as he flees a cast of characters -- his mother, his first love, a group of avaricious fundamentalists -- who all want to make him into something he's not; and travels through the religious fundamentalist world of Texas to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas and the enticing traps of Los Angeles' mythologies. The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens is a hilarious, bittersweet, and wise book that establishes once again John Rechy's great storytelling gifts.