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It is the end of the sixties,
a decade marred by student protests and assassinations, the war in
Vietnam and civil strife, but a decade also distinguished by peace
and love, a celebration of newfound freedoms and by great achievements
like American astronauts landing on the moon.
For Clay Matthews, the quixotic hero of The Trip Into Milky Way, these
sweeping tides of history and his personal hopes and dreams all come
to a head when a draft notice arrives in the mail, the destiny of Clay's
life irreversibly altered when he decides to walk out of an induction
center two weeks later, the tale of his life transformed into the other
side of Vietnam and what happens to a young man who refuses to die
for his country.
Just as a generation was forever defined by that misguided war, Clay's
solitary journey into manhood careens down an alternative path once
he makes his headlong decision to avoid it. From the enchanted shores
of Hawaii to a sojourn with his lover Caroline on the deserted beaches
of Matzatlan, from incarceration in a Mexican prison to the daring
helicopter raid that follows, Clay is soon to learn that no man can
outrun his own karma. Resigned to his restless odyssey, and with few
places left to hide in this world, Clay meets a host of colorful sixties
characters who help guide him along the way each of them playing a
role in Clay's quest for enlightenment along his epic journey. |
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