Driving Lessons

"In this brilliant fiction debut from a legendary visual artist, thirteen interconnected stories explore friendship and intimacy, loneliness and dislocation, and the physical contours of a dilapidated American landscape. The stories, which first appeared as part of Coursey's solo exhibition at SMU's Pollock Gallery, demonstrate the artist's fascination with the broken-down and discarded relics of industry and labor. Coursey's stories are laced with humor, conspiracy, paranoia, and compassion, exploring the ripple effects of violence, the mystery of a car found in a well, houseboat culture, Texas landscapes of machinery and dust. These ornate vignettes present a colorful cast of characters and vivid scenery, demonstrating the author's eye for detail both inanimate and human"--