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Johnny Red
Novel
Paper | 276 pp | 5.25 x 8.25 | $14
Word Riot Press | 2005

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David Barringer is an author, freelance writer, graphic designer, artist,
and father of two future casino magnates.
All work copyrighted David Barringer 2000-2008.

Johnny Red is an epic and tragicomic love story, a modern picaresque novel about the adventures of Johnny and Ruth as they are imprisoned, survive their imprisonment, escape to the open road, make their way across America, and try to make something of their lives. Oh, and Johnny is a Rock Red rooster; Ruth, a Leghorn hen.

The book includes a gallery of ten illustrations by Kim Battista. The illustrations, commissioned especially for this book, are portraits of the various breeds who make their appearances as characters in the novel. Interior illustrations by Opal Downer.

Interview with The Ann Arbor Paper on this site here.

"A tour de force! Amazing!"

M.M.M. Hayes,  Storyquarterly