Clean Time: the True Story of Ronald Reagan Middleton - Softcover

Gwin, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 194168100X ISBN 13: 9781941681008

Publisher: Burrow Press, 2020

Synopsis

“Ben Gwin writes like F. Scott Fitzgerald high on meth and Clean Time is The Great Gatsbyfor a generation that thinks fame is the answer to every question.”
 –LORI JAKIELA, Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker

“A vivid portrait of life in the druggy demimonde of petty scams, aimless loafing erupting in sudden violence, and epic pharmaceutical hangovers.” –PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

Framed as the drug-addled memoir of addict-turned-reality TV star Ronald Reagan Middleton (annotated and published by floundering doctoral candidate Harold Swanger), Clean Time is a darkly comic satire set in a near-future America ravaged by addiction. In this sprawling and ambitious debut novel, Ben Gwin masterfully balances farce and irony with a genuine compassion for the large cast of characters that fumble through a nightmarish and all-too-familiar version of America.

About this title

About the Author

Ben Gwin's writing has appeared in The Normal School, Mary: a Journal of New Writing, Bridge Eight, Thin Noon, Belt Magazine and others. He's taught creative writing to inmates in the Allegheny County Jail, and to veterans in the Pittsburgh VA. He lives in Pittsburgh with his daughter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Burrow Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 194168100X
• ISBN 13: 9781941681008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328