Alpha Omega

Alpha Omega is about--and not about-Elvis, the dead-but-not-yet-dead King of rock and roll. At its center, it is the story of Bobby Snipes--ex-convict, brilliant guitarist, avatar of the Burning Love Temple, and "principal figure" at Graceland-by-the-Sea, the theme park of our dreams. Alpha Omega is alos a story of Arthur "Hootchie_Cootchie" Magee-murderer, genius and master showman; the Revend Virgil Joy--failed Elvis imitator and cult leader; Maurice Short-billionaire owner of Graceland-by-the-Sea; and Short's daughter Beverly-former Ronald Reagan speechwriter, PR flack for Disneyworld, and queen if illusion and substance. More than just an amalgam of these characters' stories, Alpha Omega is a comic journey through a culture which, like Bobby Snipes, yearns for a new, transcendent identity. The journey leads the reader into unexpected versions of once-familiar American places. Finally, Alpha Omega is about us.