Ruby Leaving Texas

by Dale Lotreck

Overview

RUBY LEAVING TEXAS begins in the darkened nights of 1980s New York, where Graffiti Artist Whiteboy meets the perfect woman and marries her.  In Ruby’s never-ending quest for calm, the couple moves to her small hometown in rural north Texas and then out into the desert of New Mexico, where Ruby breaks down and runs off with a boyfriend from 20 years before.  The story takes place in the mind of Whiteboy as he drives back to Texas in an attempt to find Ruby, and perhaps to kill her.  As the story progresses, the reader learns more about the sad and elusive Ruby and sees the insanity that has slowly taken over the perspective of the protagonist.  This story takes you to the moment where the past and future meet, the split second where sanity and insanity collide.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154995822
Publisher:	Dale Lotreck
Publication date:	01/09/2018
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	506 KB

About the Author

Dale Lotreck grew up in post-Cold War Connecticut.  Early jobs included cutting tobacco in the Connecticut River Valley.  A two-year stint in the early 80s as a bass player in a Hartford-based punk band gave birth to the “WHITEBOY” (No Racism) persona.  Escaping the suburban façade, Dale moved to Brooklyn and then to the Lower East Side of New York in 1984.  A brief career in Publishing followed, as well as dropping out of Art School.  1988 found Dale leaving his career path, and living for several years as a bouncer, bodyguard and cook, spending his days as a T-shirt designer and his nights as notorious Graffiti artist, "WHITEBOY LES".  Being up all night and going down the streets he was warned to avoid, Dale found himself facing situations others may not have been aware of, all of which is woven into the tapestry of "RUBY LEAVING TEXAS."  Turmoil led to a hasty marriage and flight to rural north Texas, where the breakdown of Ruby led to the inspiration for “RUBY LEAVING TEXAS” followed by “ALL THOSE PRETTY BOTTLES –Thoughts and Observations at the End of the World.”  Dale’s latest “PARADISE HELL” (413 pp.) accounts for Dale’s first ten years living in rural northern New Mexico, the last of the Wild West… “looking for the Great Spirit, looking for Billy the Kid.”  Dale currently lives in the foothills outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico where he continues to paint and write daily.