Morris, Alive

Morris is a drifter and daydreamer, a philosopher who holds court in bars, and a romantic whom some find exhausting. He comes from a small seaside town on the far side of the world, and when he steps off a plane in a trance at JFK International, he is about nine thousand five hundred miles from home. The country he lands in is racing forward at a dizzying, frantic speed, and its people are odd and marvelous in equal measure. As an outsider, Morris first tries to grasp the 'Idea of America' and where he might fit into it.

The novel is a tale of adventure that carries readers across America, through its past and its future, all seen through the perceptive eyes of a newcomer looking in. Its tone is hopeful, centered on life, freedom and opportunity.