“Doyon proves himself a tremendous new literary voice… Deep Fried makes manifest all that fiction should do—transport, enlighten, stir reflection, and bring communities closer through our shared human experiences.” —The Bookish Elf
Americanized millennial Arjun Chatterjee is a food-truck chef working in a parking lot outside the nation’s capital. He dreams up multiethnic recipes and pursues a young woman toiling in a Kafkaesque office nearby. Building a clientele, he faces life with a sly optimism.
One day he idly asks the sky: “Why am I here?”
Deep Fried is a tragicomic love story wrapped in creative freedom. Its chefs, musicians, and entrepreneurs face a world of oversized dreams and shaky prospects.
They try, fail, and fail better. Will it be enough?
Deep Fried will be published on September 17, 2024.
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More by Mark Doyon
In the town of Bonneville, good people lose limbs, fight lightning, and slip into sinkholes. They pitch over bicycles, tumble off ladders, and expire without warning. They spin the wheel and take their chances. It’s all in a day’s work.
Some blame God, others blame kismet, and still others rail against random happenstance. All told, maybe there are no accidents.
With Bonneville Stories, Mark Doyon serves up ten playfully compelling tales of fate and the freedom to choose.