Going, Going, Gone
Publishers Weekly has called Jack Womack a "futurist wunderkind ... fast-moving, hipper-than-hip."
In his latest novel it's 1968, and Walter Bullitt, part-time U.S. government freelancer, stays busy testing new psychotropics on himself and unsuspecting citizens. Walter's conscience never interferes with his work – until he's asked to help sabotage Bobby Kennedy's presidential campaign. The ghosts who've moved into his apartment aren't much comfort. Then two outre femmes fatales show up and frog-march Walter out of Max's Kansas City before the Velvet Underground can finish their first song. The ladies have a mission. They need to save New York – both his and theirs. Called "infernally clever" by Locus, Going, Going, Gone is a deeply entertaining novel that closes Jack Womack's acclaimed Ambient series and serves up an apt diagnosis of modern America.
"Daringly, scaringly distinct in contemporary fiction." – Marjorie Preston, Philadelphia Weekly
"The action moves with amphetamine quickness, and Womack's surefooted control over his material completely sucks us in...." – Bruce Bauman, Bookforum
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Jack Womack
Jack Womack (born 1956) is an American author of fiction and speculative fiction. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter, and works as a publicity manager for the Orbit and Yen imprints of Hachette Book Group USA.
Ambient
Ambient consists of 6 total books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
