A road novel set in the near future with a somewhat shambling & surprisingly naive narrator, despite the fact that he has a job as a henchman (or minion?). This is a story that is all about the journey - the underlying mystery doesn't really pay off, but I didn't mind too much - its full small pleasures & surprisingly touching moments. It reminds me a bit of an early William Gibson, crossed with what I would call redneck-noir. I liked it.