For Mr. Raindrinker

Meet Kent Soileau, a young man from a Cajun-speaking New Orleans family. Kent lives an upside-down life as a professional job hopper and as an inmate of a nut house. He has assembled an impressive resume of diverse and comical experiences, from being a driver for Mississippi River boat pilots, to a French Quarter bartender, to a genetics research associate. Kent is a true searcher, whether searching for food, a place to stay, happiness-or the meaning of life. Thanks to his friendship with the indomitable Mr. Raindrinker, Kent's life takes some amazing but good turns. Not since John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces have readers been taken on such a big and easy ride through one of America's greatest cities.