Hidalgo's Beard - Beasley, Jr. Conger

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Résumé :
Navvy Dypes is twenty-seven years old and lives at the bottom of a swimming pool in Palm Springs, California. By an act of will, he has changed himself into a fish-complete with gills and scales-much to the chagrin of his father, who devises an insidious cure for his son's affliction. But Navvy is determined to retain his new identity, for it is only in the water that his consciousness expands beyond the limits of the human sensibility. A trip to Ensenada, Mexico, reveals a message concealed in the bust of Miguel Hidalgo that promises him the ability to communicate to all creatures, great and small. Along the way, Navvy encounters a rich assortment of characters, many who sympathize with his quest, many who don't. Hidalgo's Beard is a rollicking fantasy in the tradition of Nathanael West and Richard Brautigan.

Biographie:
Conger Beasley, Jr. has published a dozen books, several dealing with the history of the American West. We Are a People in This World: The Lakota Sioux and the Massacre at Wounded Knee won the Western Writers Spur Award for the best contemporary non-fiction book published in 1995. An earlier book of essays, Sundancers and River Demons: Essays on Landscape and Ritual (1990), won the Thorpe Menn Award for the best book published by a Kansas City author. He is also the author of the novels The Ptomaine Kid and Hidalgo's Beard, both available from Sunstone Press. Mr. Beasley currently divides his time between Kansas City and Colorado Springs.