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CHIP ROCK and the FAT OLD FART tells the story of the comic and poignant friendship between 23 year old Chip Rock and a 55 year old, socially-shocking meat cutter, Deacon O'Dell. FAT OLD FART explores the glue which binds together imperfect families and flawed friendships. The novel is set in the fictional and crumbling SoCal beach town of No Palms. The town itself - with all its quirks and changes -- is as much a character as Chip or Deacon or anyone else. This is a coming-of-age story about Chip and a coming-of-old-age awakening for Deacon. A spree of events teaches the orphan Chip how families are born not only by blood, but also through friendship, workplace, and neighborhoods. From No Palms to Mexico, their adventure and struggle brings together a vastly different collection of people, building into a surprising and very emotional ending which none of them expect.

In the clammy coastal SoCal town of No Palms, Chip Rock and his mates have aged out of the pathetic orphanage known as Boys Hall, and set out to find a meaningful place in their world. Chip Rock and the Catalina Kid tells the saga of Chip''s lifelong friend, Cal. An industrious yet unsettled burger-artist, Cal shocks the community when he embarks on a daring 27-mile channel swim to Catalina Island. Prior to 1980, less than 50 brave souls had attempted to swim the harrowing crossing between SoCal and Catalina Island. With the help of a dazzling yet mysterious girl named Haley, Cal''s attempt turns daunting and even perilous, drawing the entire town into an incredible sequence of events and the trials of Cal''s punishing attempt. While a nasty winter rolls through No Palms, Catalina Kid describes how fragile and delicate the unlikely hero is in all of us. Chip Rock and the Catalina Kid is the breathtaking sequel to Chip Rock and the Fat Old Fart.