Literary Fiction
Continental Drift (California Fiction)
1978·360 pages
A northern California family in the early 1970s confronts trauma from a son's Vietnam return, community murders, and the San Andreas Fault's literal and symbolic threat.
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A northern California family in the early 1970s confronts trauma from a son's Vietnam return, community murders, and the San Andreas Fault's literal and symbolic threat.
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The San Andreas Fault is both a real and a metaphorical player in this novel of northern California in the early 70s. Set on a ranch near Monterey Bay, it explores relationships in a family jarred by the return of a son from Vietnam, almost whole but shaken and confused. His return coincides with a series of bizarre killings that panic the community--a reminder that in the legendary land of promise abundant possibilities and agents of destruction live side by side.
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Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Bizarre serial killings panic the town; Vietnam War violence in background
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Vietnam War aftermath and early-1970s California social tensions
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Returning veteran's war trauma; community endures serial killings
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