Ride: A Generation’s Search for Meaning in the Blur of Oblivion - Softcover

Lafleche, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1989266274 ISBN 13: 9781989266274

Publisher: Pub House Books, 2020

Synopsis

Some mistakes change your life. Others become your life.

Young, restless, and convinced he can outrun the consequences, a damaged young man disappears into a world of drugs, reckless friendships, and increasingly dangerous choices.

At first, the chaos feels like freedom. Every night offers another escape—from responsibility, from loneliness, from the person he is afraid he might become. But addiction has a way of turning escape into captivity. As the lies accumulate and the people around him begin to fracture, he must confront a truth he has spent years avoiding:

You can’t keep destroying yourself without taking others down with you.

Ride is a psychologically raw coming-of-age novel about addiction, damaged masculinity, moral compromise, and the stories people tell themselves to survive. Unflinching but compassionate, it follows a young man through the worst decisions of his life—and asks whether recognizing the truth is enough to save him.

For readers drawn to the transgressive energy of Trainspotting, the alienation of Less Than Zero, and the bruising humanity of Jesus’ Son.

If you prefer uncomfortable truths to easy answers, begin Ride today.

About this title

About the Author

ANDREW JOHN LAFLECHE (born Andrew John Bradford: 24 June 1986) is the award-winning poet and novelist from St. Catharines, Ontario. He served under Operation Enduring Freedom during the Afghanistan War. Following his duty as an infantry soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces, Lafleche received an M.A. in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Gloucestershire. Visit AndrewLafleche.com or follow @AndrewLafleche on X for more information.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pub House Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1989266274
• ISBN 13: 9781989266274
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 229