Vineland

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In 1984 Vineland County, California, Zoyd Wheeler, who collects state disability checks by jumping through plate-glass windows, navigates a world shaped by mass and mall culture. His daughter, Prairie, is fixated on her mother, Frenesi Gates, who left with Brock Vond, a manipulative Federal prosecutor. Frenesi, once a radical filmmaker from a blacklisted family, has become an F.B.I. operative, and her absence looms large in the narrative. Vond, who seeks to use Prairie against Frenesi, prompts Zoyd to hide her. Prairie's journey leads her to a band called Billy Barf and the Vomitones and an encounter with her mother's friend, Darryl Louise Chastain. As she delves into Frenesi's past through computer records and film archives, Prairie uncovers dark secrets from the 1960s at Trasero County's College of the Surf, where her mother betrayed a revolutionary leader, Weed Atman, who now exists as a Thanatoid, trapped in the afterlife. The climax unfolds with Prairie's search intertwining with Vond's pursuit, culminating in dramatic confrontations involving helicopters and family reunions. The narrative critiques America's political evolution and the erosion of radical ideals, highlighting a moment when a school for subversion is deemed unnecessary, as the youth already conform to state ideologies. This major political novel reflects on America's impact on its own legacy and future generations.