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Dashboard Elvis is Dead: The epic, extraordinary new novel from one of Scotland''s most exceptional novelists

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By (author): David F. Ross

A failed writer connects the murder of an American journalist, a drowned 80s musician and a Scottish politicians resignation, in a heart-wrenching novel about ordinary people living in extraordinary times.
 
A dazzling, time-hopping patchwork of pop and politics, sewn together with wit and compassion Kirstin Innes
 
This amiable and ambitious transatlantic extravaganza is a busy social tapestry pegged to real-life events in Scotland and the US Rosss affection for his characters shines through. Theres so much going on here that value for money is pretty much all but guaranteed Daily Mail 
A mesmerising road trip through the America of Kerouac, Warhol and Reagan. Dashboard Elvis may be dead, but this book is full of vibrant, authentic, colourful life Stuart Cosgrove
 
**David F. Ross was shortlisted for Scottish Fiction Book of the Year in the Scottish Book Awards**
 


Renowned photo-journalist Jude Montgomery arrives in Glasgow in 2014, in the wake of the failed Scottish independence referendum, and its clear that shes searching for someone.

Is it Anna Mason, who will go on to lead the country as First Minister? Jamie Hewitt, guitarist from eighties one-hit wonders The Hyptones? Or is it Rabbit Judes estranged foster sister, now a world-famous artist?

Three apparently unconnected people, who share a devastating secret, whose lives were forever changed by one traumatic night in Phoenix, forty years earlier.

Taking us back to a school shooting in her Texas hometown, and a 1980s road trip across the American West to San Francisco and on to New York Judes search ends in Glasgow, and a final, shocking event that only one person can fully explain
 
An extraordinary, gritty and tender novel about fate and destiny, regret and absolution and a road trip that changes everything
 

 
Few do raw, authentic, almost palpably believable characters better than David F. Ross' The Times
 
A masterclass in transatlantic intertwining storytelling from one of Scotlands finest writers Derek Steel, Razur Cuts
 
A rich and rewarding novel that takes in the culture and social history of both Scotland and the USA, beautifully weaving stories together over decades devastating Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae
 
An ambitious, sweeping novel Taut and gritty, Dashboard Elvis Is Dead interrogates truth, and pulses with life Donna McLean
 
An irresistible story of chances taken and missed, and of last-ditch hopes of redemption the writing is exquisite Katie Allen
 
Gripping, gritty and gloriously written, David F. Ross captures characters, places and moods like few other writers a triumph of a novel Martin Geissler
 
A rawness and sensitivity that is so visceral another extraordinary novel from David F. Ross Anne Cater
 
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Dec 2022
  • Publisher: Orenda Books
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781914585401

About David F. Ross

David F. Ross was born in Glasgow in 1964 and has lived in Kilmarnock for over 30 years. He is a graduate of the Mackintosh School of Architecture at Glasgow School of Art an architect by day and a hilarious social-media commentator author and enabler by night. His debut novel The Last Days of Disco was shortlisted for the Authors Club Best First Novel Award and optioned for the stage by the Scottish National Theatre. All five of his novels have achieved notable critical acclaim and Theres Only One Danny Garvey published in 2021 by Orenda Books was shortlisted for the prestigious Saltire Society Prize for Scottish Fiction Book of the Year. David lives in Ayrshire.

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