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JOYPUNKS

Writing On the Wall

Fletch Fletcher's debut novel; A countercultural stick of dynamite

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Danny is an ordinary teenager who lives in a world in which everyone has the chance to find out the day they die when they turn 18. On his 18th birthday, Danny finds out that he is going to die when he is only 27. This sets him down a path of bohemian decision-making that winds up with him living with a hippie named Naomi and a drug dealer named Brian. The three of them, all destined to die before thirty, live a life of excess in a mad search for meaning before it's too late.

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To make matters worse, the religious elite believe that your death date is a sign of morality. They judge Danny and others like him as sinners who are paying for their lack of character. These beliefs are only reinforced by the emergence of "Pacts," an agreement that you will commit a serious crime with a day left in exchange for the money.

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Set in the mountains of Flagstaff, Arizona, Joypunks is a book filled with booze, sex, drugs, strippers, robberies, and the gritty lifestyle of those struggling with their mortality. Will Danny be able to rein his morality in or will he wind up dying in a ditch somewhere?

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Out on April 19th

Available on Amazon, Target.com, Apple bookstore, and more

A philosophically stimulating novel crackling with emotional liveliness.
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A thoughtful rumination on human mortality is achieved as well, one that cannily investigates the wages of too much knowledge.

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Fletch Fletcher

Fletch (Jack) Fletcher is an author, comedian, and part-time bartender. After graduating from the University of Arizona with a BFA in film and a minor in creative writing, Fletch moved to NYC to pursue a career in standup comedy. He has been performing since he was 17 when he had to use fake IDs to sneak into clubs just to get some stage time. He now resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Copyright © 2024 by FLETCH FLETCHER All Rights Reserved.

 

ISBN: 979-8-9923914-0-4

ebook ISBN: 979-8-9923914-1-1

LCCN: 2025902827

Independently published by Bad Trips Literary, LLC

 

Cover and book design by Lauren Grosskopf

Edited by Christine Van Zandt

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