At once a crime thriller, black comedy and family drama wrapped into one poignant and satirical novel. Deep in the heart of California's dysfunctional, strip-mall suburbs, the city of Santa Ramona, California is besieged by a pair of unlikely bandits. Johnny Valentine is a lonely boy who dreams of becoming a hero, just like the masked avengers from the pages of his comic books. His feisty grandmother Stella is a retired supermarket clerk and cancer...