Psycho Crackers

The protagonist has a desire. He strives to satiate that desire. Obstacles appear. Some of those obstacles were unexpected. The protagonist finds the courage to maneuver around the obstacles. In the process, the hero discovers erroneous beliefs about the world and transcends that as a bonus. Spiritual ascendancy acquired. Level up!

But what if the obstacles appeared in your life before your dreams developed? Could that not also make for a great story?

For Gene, Joe, and Squeaky, the world was richly impregnated by helicopters, real and imagined. A mosh-pit of car crashes and drug trips gone sideways devolved into a quagmire of dashed dreams and tragic consequences. This elegantly written memoir is a psychedelic picaresque, vividly portrayed through a tumultuous, hedonistic, and paradoxically hopeful 1980s, back when self-indulgence actually meant something.