HOOCH TUESDAY
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JACK CADY
HOOCH TUESDAY IS THE NEVER-BEFORE PUBLISHED NOVEL FROM JACK CADY. IT’S A MASTERCLASS IN SATIRE, AND AN EYE-OPENING WORK BY A YOUNG WRITER FLEXING HIS POWERS OF IMAGINATION EARLY IN HIS CAREER.
The Peeper has written a book about the events of Hooch Tuesday, an event that takes place at an industrial dump, a spot its inhabitants, including the Peeper, have decided is a good place to live: The Pusher (who covers piles of garbage each day with the two-and-a-half-year-old bulldozer named Henry, who communicates in chuffs); Fat Richard, age 25 or 50, a traffic manager; The Fisher, age 1000 or thereabouts, owner of the dump; Shake, a truck driver and last of the Indian fighters; Little Lil, a member of DAR and a professional unskilled witch; and Shake’s old truck, haunted by the ghosts of 14,000 Indians.
They drink beer and admire the view, but avoid the area known as Desolation Gulch, where rocket fuel and grenades from the War are unloaded. Lost love, misunderstandings, and unfortunate deliveries come to a head when Little Lil decides to throw a party at the dump. Once the hooch arrives, Lil works on a not-quite-proven spell, and those of the beloved industrial dump are never the same again.
With a disregard for political correctness, and a willingness to skewer everyone and everything, Jack Cady has written a scathing commentary about love, war, and equality that is as relevant today as it was when first written over forty years ago.
- October, 2026 978-1-958880-45-6
- Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5
- Introduction by Gordon Van Gelder
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HOOCH TUESDAY IS THE NEVER-BEFORE PUBLISHED NOVEL FROM JACK CADY. IT’S A MASTERCLASS IN SATIRE, AND AN EYE-OPENING WORK BY A YOUNG WRITER FLEXING HIS POWERS OF IMAGINATION EARLY IN HIS CAREER.
The Peeper has written a book about the events of Hooch Tuesday, an event that takes place at an industrial dump, a spot its inhabitants, including the Peeper, have decided is a good place to live: The Pusher (who covers piles of garbage each day with the two-and-a-half-year-old bulldozer named Henry, who communicates in chuffs); Fat Richard, age 25 or 50, a traffic manager; The Fisher, age 1000 or thereabouts, owner of the dump; Shake, a truck driver and last of the Indian fighters; Little Lil, a member of DAR and a professional unskilled witch; and Shake’s old truck, haunted by the ghosts of 14,000 Indians.
They drink beer and admire the view, but avoid the area known as Desolation Gulch, where rocket fuel and grenades from the War are unloaded. Lost love, misunderstandings, and unfortunate deliveries come to a head when Little Lil decides to throw a party at the dump. Once the hooch arrives, Lil works on a not-quite-proven spell, and those of the beloved industrial dump are never the same again.
With a disregard for political correctness, and a willingness to skewer everyone and everything, Jack Cady has written a scathing commentary about love, war, and equality that is as relevant today as it was when first written over forty years ago.
“It takes no special powers to recognize in Cady an exceptional writer.”
— Joyce Carol Oates
“A remarkable talent for translating familiar life rhythms of ordinary people into moving and meaningful writing. His style is direct, simple, and natural.”
— Publishers Weekly
“A writer of great, unmistakable integrity and profound feeling.”
— Peter Straub
“[Jack Cady is] a lasting voice in modern American literature.”
— Atlanta Constitution
— Joyce Carol Oates
“A remarkable talent for translating familiar life rhythms of ordinary people into moving and meaningful writing. His style is direct, simple, and natural.”
— Publishers Weekly
“A writer of great, unmistakable integrity and profound feeling.”
— Peter Straub
“[Jack Cady is] a lasting voice in modern American literature.”
— Atlanta Constitution
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