Fever ChartHaving spent most of his life medicated, electroshocked, and institutionalized, Jerome Coe finds himself homeless on the coldest night of the century -- and so, with nowhere else to go, he accepts a ride out of New England from an old love's ex-girlfriend. It doesn't quite work out, but he makes it to New Orleans, and a new life -- work, friends, and only the occasional psychotic break. What follows involves his last two chances to find real happiness (one's from Ecuador, one sells cigarettes), the old vicious enemies that may prevent him from obtaining it, and a cast of Crescent City denizens that makes for one of the most vivid ensembles since Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Anne Rice arms asked bartender bathroom Beefalo beer Bill blood boots bottle bubble Carolyn cigarette cinnamon rolls coffee cornrows Coryate Danes dark Dewey door dropped Duke's Ertz eyes face felt finger floor French Quarter fucking girl glass glass knife gone gonna hair hand happened head Hebert hostel hurt inside Ioanna Jerome Julie kill kiss kitchen knees Knops legs Leigh looked Luncheonaire Mardi Gras Marta Miranda mouth Murdoch never night NiNaw nurse Nyelle Okay Omar Sharif Orleans pennies philtrum picked pulled puzzle ring roll shit shoes shut sitting sleep Slim Jims smiled snow socks sorry started stood stopped street stuck SweeTart tell thing thought tiny told Tommy Tommy's took turned Unabomber wait walked watched What's window woman Yeah