The Migration of Hair

The Migration of Hair is Dan Burke's second novel, and a follow up to his hit 2003 novel, Driving Into The Sun. In this reprise, we find main character Tommy Aloysius questioning his life deep in the deserts of Arizona. Climb aboard this freight train to hell as Tommy blasts off to Eastern Europe as an ex-pornographer in exile. There are plenty of laughs and cries in store for you inside this beautifully printed book, which includes 9 full-sized illustrations by Joe Forkan. Excerpt "I won’t even get started on my hairline. It’s a good thing I was able to grow my hair long in my twenties. Thinning came quickly, and like my pits, came on with a vengeance. I complain now, but just think what I have to look forward to. Soon, my hairline will split down the middle of my head, creating two islands of combover heyday. Then, like a Play-Doh toy machine, hair will begin to sprout out of my ears, appear on my back, cover my chest and knuckles while my head loses the rest of its wooly protection and glows with a shine. That’s nature. I couldn’t stop it if I tried. It’s change in its cruelest hour, changing me from a man to a monkey as I grow wise. "And life is really no different than this: the migration of hair. Things happen to us, for better or worse; we try to form opinions, we try to effect change in our favor, but change doesn’t care. Change will change whether we like it or not. Man-smell—Wham! Thinning hairline—Wham! Your woman leaves you—Wham! You get fired for being a pornographer—Wham! You get the point."