Walking through the days in San Diego, his life slowly turning into one fat doobie after another, college receding ever further from his grasp, former Houston star sophomore Steve York (son of emotionless, driven astronaut Alan York) has lost the plot. In danger of failing of not graduating, Steve's thrown a life line by his school counselor Jeff DeMouy - write a hundred page essay on how this transformation happened.
As Steve recalls his past life as a proponent of Dadaism, conflict with his emotionally distant father, connection with his geographically distant sister and mother, and the evolution of his first relationship with girlfriend Dub, he manages to reconnect with his present.
Steve is a complex and fascinating character, and those around his are drawn with sympathy and detail. This is my second reading of Rats Saw God, unearthed during the Great Lynn Book Hunt of last year, and I enjoyed it just as much as my first time around. - Alex
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