Homeward Bound [Paperback]

Picking up where Jonathan Shaw's critically-acclaimedScab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artistleft off,Homeward Boundresumes the story of Cigano, the tattoo man. Cigano continues his full-body tattoo work on a young acolyte, Jaco, who eagerly soaks up his tales.Homeward Boundcontinues charting the amazing course of a life measured in extremes and all the singular people, exotic places, and outrageous events that shaped it into a survivor's tale of epic proportions. In its pages, Shaw takes the reader deeper than ever before, not only into the bizarre recesses of his extraordinary mind and incredible adventures, but also into the strange and magical process of memoir writing itself.

Homeward Boundis proof positive that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. As Shaw's old friend and literary mentor Charles Bukowski once told him, most of this book would have to be lived before it could be written. In that sense,Homeward Boundis much more than a compelling, page-turning chronicle of a popular working-class hero's creative evolution. It is a multicolored, cinematic modern-day Odyssey, written in blood, ink and tears - a kaleidoscopic, visionary roadmap to the journey of the human soul.

Network of Celebrity Influencers:The son of jazz legend Artie Shaw and Hollywood actress Doris Dowling, author Jonathan Shaw has a rich matrix of connections, from Johnny Depp to Debbie Harry to Iggy Pop.

Bestselling Author:Jonathan Shaw's previous novel,Narcisa, was on the Amazon bestseller list for six consecutive weeks.

Genre-Bending:Combined elements of Shaw's experiences and rich imagination create what editors refer to as a quasi-memoir.

Jonathan Shaw had to go out to the world to find himself... The things that damaged him have also informed him... [Homeward Boundembodies] the art of Latin America, cinema, Magical Realism in literature... Jim Jarmusch

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