The Caveman's Valentine

"Mesmerizing . . . a stunning detective character you won't easily forget" in a thriller adapted into a Samuel L. Jackson film (San Francisco Chronicle).

Romulus Ledbetter wasn't always homeless. He once was a devoted husband, father, and musician with a bright future. He now forages for food in the trash cans of the city's better neighborhoods and wages a strenuous one-man war against Cornelius Gould Stuyvesant, an evil — and imaginary — power broker who is responsible for society's ills, as well as the sinister Y- and Z-rays that are corrupting humankind.

Then one wintry night, Rom finds a corpse at the mouth of his cave that rouses his well-defined sense of ethics and launches him on an obsessive quest for answers. Forced to reconnect with society, Rom leaves his world and journeys through a spiraling web of clues and hunches, straight into a sinister den of money, temptation, and murder—otherwise known as the "civilized" world.

"Amplitude, great vocal agility, profound subject matter, wit, and that gruff , riskful way with language . . . George Dawes Green has a great feel for what the American novel should be, and he isn't intimidated by it." —D. Keith Mano, New York Times Book Review

​"So much fun . . . wild and unpredictable, powerful and funny . . . one of those unique characters you'll not soon forget. Mr. Green has a wonderfully quirky sense of humor . . . a voice so new and interesting, it screams for attention." —Washington Times

​"Buy this book . . . It is moving, sad, hilarious . . . The first-time author has taken big chances and gotten away with them." —Calgary Herald